没ぼつ年ねん

noun

year of a person's death

Used in biographical contexts, obituaries, and historical records to indicate the year someone died.

• 彼かれの没ぼつ年ねんは1989年ねんです。

  His year of death is 1989.

• この作さっ家かの没ぼつ年ねんは不ふ明めいだ。

  The year of this author's death is unknown.

noun

one's age at death

Less common than the 'year of death' sense; often seen in formal or historical descriptions of a person's lifespan.

• 祖そ父ふの没ぼつ年ねんは82歳さいだった。

  My grandfather's age at death was 82.