相あい対たい死じに

noun

double suicide

Archaic term for a double suicide, typically of lovers. Modern Japanese usually uses 心中 (しんじゅう).

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの浄じょう瑠る璃りには、相あい対たい死じにの場ば面めんがよく描えがかれる。

  Scenes of double suicide are often depicted in Edo-period jōruri plays.