焼しょう身しん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

self-immolation

Refers to the act of setting oneself on fire, often as a form of protest or suicide. Commonly used in the compound 焼身自殺 (self-immolation suicide).

See also: 焼身自殺

• 彼かれは抗こう議ぎのため焼しょう身しん自じ殺さつを図はかった。

  He attempted self-immolation as a protest.

• 焼しょう身しんは政せい治じ的てき抗こう議ぎの手しゅ段だんとして使つかわれることがある。

  Self-immolation is sometimes used as a means of political protest.