亡

Meaning

亡 centers on the state of being gone or ceasing to exist: deceased, perished, or lost. It applies to people who have passed away and to things that have been destroyed.

• 死亡しぼう
  N3

  death; dying; mortality

• 亡くなるなくなる
  N4

  to die; to pass away

• 逃亡とうぼう
  N1

  escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing

• 滅亡めつぼう
  N1

  downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction

• 亡くすなくす
  N2

  to lose (through death; e.g. a wife, child)

• 亡命ぼうめい
  N1

  fleeing from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee

• 未亡人みぼうじん

  widow

• 亡霊ぼうれい

  departed spirit; soul of the dead

• 亡者もうじゃ

  the dead; ghost

• 亡国ぼうこく

  ruining a country

• 存亡そんぼう

  life or death; existence; destiny

• 亡骸なきがら
  N1

  remains; corpse; (dead) body

• 亡ぼう

  death

• 興亡こうぼう

  rise and fall; ups and downs

• 衰亡すいぼう

  decline and fall; ruin; downfall; collapse

• 亡父ぼうふ

  deceased father; late father

• 死亡率しぼうりつ

  death rate; mortality rate

• 死亡者しぼうしゃ

  the deceased; deaths; persons killed

• 亡夫ぼうふ

  deceased husband; late husband

• 亡き後なきあと

  after one's death

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