死し骸がい

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Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

Refers to the dead body of a person or animal. Slightly formal or written; in casual speech 死体 (したい) is more common for human corpses.

〈物もの〉の死し骸がいthe carcass/corpse of〈animal/insect〉
庭にわに虫むしの死し骸がいがいくつも落おちていた。
There were several dead insects lying in the garden.
死し骸がいが見みつかるa corpse/carcass is found
川かわの近ちかくで小しょう動どう物ぶつの死し骸がいが見みつかった。
A small animal's carcass was found near the river.
死し骸がいを処しょ理りするto dispose of a corpse/carcass
作さ業ぎょう員いんが魚さかなの死し骸がいを処しょ理りした。
The workers disposed of the dead fish.

死し体たいN2
死体 is the everyday word for a human corpse, while 死骸 sounds more formal and is often used for animals or insects.
遺い体たいN1
遺体 is a respectful, formal term used for a deceased person's body (e.g. at a funeral), whereas 死骸 lacks that respectful tone and is common for animals.
亡骸なきがらN1
亡骸 is a literary, gentle word for a deceased person's remains, while 死骸 is more neutral and commonly applied to animals or insects.
屍しかばね
死骸 usually refers to the carcass of an animal (or a corpse viewed coldly as a mere object), while 屍 is reserved for human corpses in solemn or literary contexts.

骸がい骨こつN1
死骸 refers to a whole dead body, while 骸骨 refers specifically to a skeleton with the flesh gone.
残ざん骸がい
死骸 shares the kanji 骸 with 残骸 but specifically means a dead body or corpse, not the wreckage of an object or structure.

死し骸がいUsage89%
Standard kanji spelling; commonly used in news and general writing.
死しがいUsage6%
search-only kanji form
Search-only mixed kanji-kana form; not a standard spelling.
屍し骸がいUsage4%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 屍 is a non-jōyō character that specifically means corpse.

Compound of 死 (し, 'death') and 骸 (がい, 'remains, skeleton'). The reading がい for 骸 is the on'yomi.