焼しょう身しん自じ殺さつ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

self-immolation; suicide by fire

Refers to the act of intentionally setting oneself on fire to die, often as a form of protest or extreme statement.

• 彼かれは抗こう議ぎのため焼しょう身しん自じ殺さつを図はかった。

  He attempted self-immolation as a protest.

• 焼しょう身しん自じ殺さつは世せ界かい中じゅうで衝しょう撃げきを与あたえる行こう為いだ。

  Self-immolation is an act that shocks people around the world.