Direct loanword for 'death', often used in creative, gaming, or subculture contexts rather than everyday conversation.
If you die in the game, you have to start over.
death metal
Colloquial abbreviation for デスメタル (death metal), used among music fans.
See also: デスメタル
Lately I've been listening to nothing but death metal.
デス means 'death' while デスク means 'desk'; the two katakana words look and sound similar but are completely unrelated.
death match; deathmatch · fight to the finish; desperate struggle; life-and-death struggle
death metal
death game
death march · death march; crunch (software development)
death mask
death growl; death metal vocals
death growl; death metal vocals
death education
Borrowed from English 'death'. The abbreviation sense is a clipping of デスメタル (death metal).