自じ害がい

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

suicide (by blade, gun, etc.)

Refers to taking one's own life, typically by a weapon. More formal and less common in everyday speech than 自殺, and often used in historical or dramatic contexts.

• 彼かれは刀かたなで自じ害がいした。

  He took his own life with a sword.

• 戦せん国ごく時じ代だいには、敗やぶれた武ぶ将しょうが自じ害がいすることがよくあった。

  In the Warring States period, defeated commanders often committed suicide.