Word Meaning 死体

したい shitai

死体 is read as したい (shitai) and means dead body.

Meaning

English

  1. dead body
  2. corpse
  3. cadaver
  4. carcass

Reading

Kana

したい

Romaji

shitai

Writing Variants

  • 屍体 したい shitai

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Synonyms 遺骸,遺体,残骸,,死骸,屍骸,死屍,屍体 Rank 3556 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

死に体

しにたい

hopeless situation

死体検案書

したいけんあんしょ

post-mortem certificate

死体保管所

したいほかんじょ

morgue

死体遺棄

したいいき

(crime of) abandonment of a corpse

死体安置所

したいあんちじょ

morgue

死体解剖

したいかいぼう

autopsy

死体性愛

したいせいあい

necrophilia

変死体

へんしたい

body of a person who died an unnatural death

焼死体

しょうしたい

burnt corpse

白骨死体

はっこつしたい

skeletal remains

腐乱死体

ふらんしたい

decomposed body

Example Sentences

10

The police covered the body with a sheet.

Tom found a dead body on the beach.

A bear will not touch a dead body.

She was scared at the sight of the dead body.

The dogs have found several bodies.

A year had passed by and his body turned to dust.

The postmortem showed that she had been strangled.

It's been about two days since I put the body in the refrigerator.

Several years ago, a bleached body was discovered in a vacant plot in the neighbourhood.

The police found Tom's body floating in the harbour.