心しん中じゅう

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

double suicide; lovers' suicide

Refers to two people, typically lovers, committing suicide together. Often used in news and literature.

• 二人ふたりは心しん中じゅうを図はかったが、未み遂すいに終おわった。

  The two attempted a double suicide, but it ended in failure.

• その小しょう説せつは悲ひ劇げき的てきな心しん中じゅう事じ件けんを描えがいている。

  The novel depicts a tragic lovers' suicide case.

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

group suicide; family suicide

Extended use for a group or family committing suicide together. Less common than the lovers' suicide sense.

• 一いっ家か心しん中じゅうは戦せん後ごしばしば報ほう道どうされた。

  Family suicides were often reported after the war.

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

self-sacrificing dedication

Figurative use: dedicating oneself to someone or something to the point of self-destruction. Often used in the pattern ～と心中する.

• 彼かれは会かい社しゃと心しん中じゅうする覚かく悟ごで不ふ正せいを隠かくし続つづけた。

  He continued to cover up the fraud, prepared to go down with the company.