death; departure from life; passing into the afterlife
A somewhat literary or poetic term for death, emphasizing the journey to the next world. Most commonly encountered in the fixed expression 死出の旅 (しでのたび, 'journey to the afterlife').
He set out on his final journey to the afterlife.
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Standard kanji form for this word, used in set phrases like 死出の旅.
Compound of 死 (し, 'death') and 出 (で, 'going out, departure'). The reading しで is a straightforward combination of the on'yomi of 死 and the kun'yomi of 出 used as a noun.