Word Meaning 死んでいる

しんでいる shindeiru

死んでいる is read as しんでいる (shindeiru) and means to be dead.

Meaning

English

  1. to be dead
  2. to be lifeless

Reading

Kana

しんでいる

Romaji

shindeiru

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 102770 Priority Q

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

死一等を減ずる

しいっとうをげんずる

to commute a death sentence to life imprisonment

死中に活を求める

しちゅうにかつをもとめる

to search for a way out of a potentially fatal situation

死に水を取る

しにみずをとる

to wet the lips of a dying person

死に至る

しにいたる

to result in death

死に至らしめる

しにいたらしめる

to cause someone's death

死に変る

しにかわる

to die and be reborn as something else

死に追いやる

しにおいやる

to drive to death (e.g. by suicide)

死人

しにん

corpse

死ぬ

しぬ

to cease

死体

したい

dead body

死者

ししゃ

dead person

Example Sentences

10

The dog is dead.

You are already dead!

This man is dead.

You are already dead!

The parrot is dead.

Both the brothers are dead.

Michael Jackson has passed away.

She found a man dead.

Millions of people starve to death every year.

Bob said to his friend: "The bird is dead."