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死去 (しきょ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word JLPT N1 Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
death ; passing away
Formal or written term for a person's death, often used in news reports, obituaries, and official announcements. Not typically used for one's own family members in casual speech.
死し 去きょ の 知し らせ を 受う け て 、 多おお く の 人ひと が 悲かな しん だ 。
Many people mourned upon hearing the news of his death.
Similar words 死し 亡ぼう 死亡 is a more clinical or legal term for death, often used in statistics and official records, while 死去 is a respectful, formal way to announce someone's passing.
亡な くなる 亡くなる is the standard polite verb for 'to pass away' and is more common in everyday speech than the formal 死去する.
Etymology Compound of 死 (し, 'death') and 去 (きょ, 'to leave, go away'), literally 'to depart in death'. The reading is on'yomi.
