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入じゅ水すい自じ殺さつ

also: にゅうすいじさつ

Meanings

1

noun

suicide by drowning

Refers to the act of intentionally drowning oneself. Often used in news reports or formal contexts.

See also: 入水 (じゅすい)

警けい察さつは入じゅ水すい自じ殺さつとみて調しらべている。
The police are investigating it as a suicide by drowning.

Written forms

入水自殺
- じゅすいじさつ
  Standard kanji spelling; the reading じゅすいじさつ is the most common.
- にゅうすいじさつ
  Alternate reading; less common but still encountered.
にゅうすいじさつ

Kanji

入enter, insert
水water
自oneself
殺kill, murder, butcher

Similar words

入じゅ水すい
入水 (じゅすい) alone can mean 'entering the water' or 'drowning oneself', but 入水自殺 explicitly specifies suicide.

Etymology

Compound of 入水 (じゅすい, 'entering the water') and 自殺 (じさつ, 'suicide').