集しゅう団だん自じ決けつ

noun

group suicide; mass suicide

Refers to a situation where a group of people commit suicide together, often under coercion or shared belief. The term carries strong historical and wartime connotations, particularly regarding events in Okinawa during World War II.

• 沖おき縄なわ戦せんでは集しゅう団だん自じ決けつが起おきたと伝つたえられている。

  It is said that group suicides occurred during the Battle of Okinawa.