厭えん世せい自じ殺さつ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

suicide from despair; killing oneself out of world-weariness

A formal, somewhat literary term for suicide motivated by deep disillusionment with life or the world. Often used in psychological or sociological contexts.

• 彼かれは長なが年ねんの孤こ独どくの末すえ、厭えん世せい自じ殺さつを遂とげた。

  After years of loneliness, he committed suicide out of despair.

• 厭えん世せい自じ殺さつは、社しゃ会かいの歪ゆがみを反はん映えいしていると言いわれることもある。

  It is sometimes said that suicide from world-weariness reflects societal distortions.