Word Meaning 死んだも同然

しんだもどうぜん shindamodouzen

死んだも同然 is read as しんだもどうぜん (shindamodouzen) and means as good as dead.

Meaning

English

  1. as good as dead
  2. might as well be dead
  3. more dead than alive

Reading

Kana

しんだもどうぜん

Romaji

shindamodouzen

Stroke Sequence

6 Characters • 34 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 70781 Priority L

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

同然

どうぜん

just like

家族同然

かぞくどうぜん

like a part of the family

自然死

しぜんし

(dying of) natural causes

天然放射性同位体

てんねんほうしゃせいどういたい

natural radioisotope

致死突然変異

ちしとつぜんへんい

lethal mutation

死亡

しぼう

death

死産

しざん

stillbirth

死球

しきゅう

pitch that hits the batter

死因

しいん

cause of death

死活

しかつ

life and death

死亡者

しぼうしゃ

the deceased

死期

しき

time of death

Example Sentences

2

The man who stops learning is as good as dead.

To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.