Word Meaning 犬死

いぬじに inujini

犬死 is read as いぬじに (inujini) and means dying in vain.

Meaning

English

  1. dying in vain
  2. wasteful sacrifice of life

Reading

Kana

いぬじに

Romaji

inujini

Writing Variants

  • 犬死に いぬじに inuji ni

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 10 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 143641 Priority W

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

いぬ

dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris)

生死

しょうじ

death

病死

びょうし

death from disease

二死

にし

two out

(an) out

安楽死

あんらくし

euthanasia

水死

すいし

death by drowning

急死

きゅうし

sudden death

九死

きゅうし

narrowly averting death

不死

ふし

immortality

一死

いっし

one out

三死

さんし

three outs