Word Meaning 死灰

しかい shikai

死灰 is read as しかい (shikai) and means as lifeless as cold ashes.

Meaning

English

as lifeless as cold ashes

Reading

Kana

しかい

Romaji

shikai

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 130639 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

死の灰

しのはい

lethal radioactive fallout

枯木死灰

こぼくしかい

withered trees and cold ash

死角

しかく

blind spot (e.g. of a driver)

死線

しせん

deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)

死に身

しにみ

at the risk of one's life

死人担ぎ

しびとかつぎ

carrying a casket

死の谷

しのたに

valley of death (barrier between product development and commercialization stages)

死産児

しざんじ

stillborn baby

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

死重的損失

しじゅうてきそんしつ

deadweight loss

死蔵

しぞう

hoarding

死なば諸共

しなばもろとも

die all together