Word Meaning 死語

しご shigo

死語 is read as しご (shigo) and means dead language.

Meaning

English

  1. dead language
  2. extinct language
  3. obsolete word
  4. dated word
  5. word that has become passé

Reading

Kana

しご

Romaji

shigo

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Antonyms 活語 Related Words 若者言葉,昭和,飲みニケーション,時代,言い換え,ナウい,銀プラ,アフター5 Rank 9223 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

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

死去

しきょ

death

死生

しせい

life and death

(an) out

死後

しご

after death

死に体

しにたい

hopeless situation

死海

しかい

Dead Sea

死力

しりょく

desperate effort

死別

しべつ

bereavement

Example Sentences

3

That word has fallen out of use.

These are words that almost no one uses.

People don't say that anymore.