noun
death; departure from life; passing into the afterlife
A somewhat literary or poetic term for death, emphasizing the journey to the next world. Most commonly encountered in the fixed expression 死出の旅 (しでのたび, 'journey to the afterlife').
彼は死出の旅に立った。
He set out on his final journey to the afterlife.
Compound of 死 (し, 'death') and 出 (で, 'going out, departure'). The reading しで is a straightforward combination of the on'yomi of 死 and the kun'yomi of 出 used as a noun.