急きゅう逝せい

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

急逝する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

formal or literary

Formal or literary term, often used in obituaries and news reports. Refers to a person dying suddenly and unexpectedly.

〈人ひと〉が急きゅう逝せいするfor someone to die suddenly and unexpectedly
有ゆう名めいな俳はい優ゆうが急きゅう逝せいした。
A famous actor died suddenly.
〈人ひと〉の急きゅう逝せいを悼いたむto mourn someone's sudden death
同どう僚りょうたちは彼かれの急きゅう逝せいを悼いたんだ。
His colleagues mourned his sudden death.

急きゅう死し
急死 is the common, everyday word for a sudden death, while 急逝 is a more formal, literary term typically used in obituaries.
逝せい去きょ
逝去 is a respectful, formal term for someone's death that does not necessarily imply suddenness, whereas 急逝 specifically stresses that the death was sudden and unexpected.
死し去きょN1
死去 is a neutral, formal word simply meaning 'death', while 急逝 adds the nuance that the death happened suddenly and unexpectedly.

急きゅう死しplain
急逝 is a more formal, softer way of announcing someone's sudden death than the blunt, factual 急死.

Compound of 急 (sudden) and 逝 (pass away, die). The kanji 逝 is a formal character for death, giving the word its literary tone.