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死人 (しにん, shinin) Japanese meaning: dead person | Kotomora
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出で
なかっ
た
。
Fortunately, no one was killed in the accident.
As they say, dead men tell no tales, so the truth is unknown.
Expressions 死し 人にん に 口くち なし dead men tell no tales; the dead cannot speak in their own defense Related words 死体 refers directly to the physical corpse, while 死人 emphasizes the deceased person rather than the body itself.
死者 is the more formal word used in news reports and official statistics for the deceased, whereas 死人 is more everyday and can sound blunt.
遺体 is a respectful term used when the deceased's body is being cared for or discussed with dignity, while 死人 is a plainer, more neutral word.
Don't confuse with 死人 means a dead person (a corpse or the deceased), whereas 死神 is the personified god or spirit of death, not a dead human.
詩人 (a poet) and 死人 (a dead person) are pronounced identically but have completely unrelated meanings, so context alone distinguishes them.
Counted with The everyday counter for people: 一人 (ひとり), 二人 (ふたり), 三人 (さんにん).
Used for corpses or humanoid forms rather than living people.
Etymology A transparent Sino-Japanese compound written with 死, 'death; die,' and 人, 'person.' The common reading is しにん; しびと is an alternate older-sounding reading.
