自じ殺さつ

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自殺する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

The act of intentionally taking one's own life. Used as both a noun and a suru-verb (自殺する).

〈人ひと〉を自じ殺さつに追おい込こむto drive someone to suicide
いじめが彼かれを自じ殺さつに追おい込こんだ。
Bullying drove him to suicide.
自じ殺さつを防ふせぐto prevent suicide
この電でん話わ相そう談だんは自じ殺さつを防ふせぐための取とり組くみだ。
This telephone hotline is an effort to prevent suicide.
自じ殺さつを考かんがえるto contemplate suicide
彼かれは一いち時じ自じ殺さつを考かんがえたことがあると話はなした。
He said he had once contemplated suicide.

自じ害がい
自害 is a more formal, often historical or samurai-context word for taking one's own life, while 自殺 is the general modern term.
自じ死し
自死 is a softer, more neutral term increasingly used in medical, legal, and support contexts, whereas 自殺 is the blunt everyday word.
自じ決けつ
自決 emphasizes taking one's life as an act of responsibility or honor (e.g. after defeat), while 自殺 is the neutral general term.
心しん中じゅうN1
心中 specifically means a double or group suicide, often of lovers or family, while 自殺 refers to any single act of taking one's own life.

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自じ爆ばく
自殺 is the neutral, general word for suicide, whereas 自爆 implies violent self-destruction, often with explosives or as a dramatic metaphor.
身み投なげN1
自殺 is the general word for suicide by any method, while 身投げ names one particular method: throwing oneself to one's death.

他た殺さつN1
他殺 means being killed by another person, the direct opposite of 自殺, killing oneself.
病びょう死しN1
自殺 refers to death by one's own hand, standing in contrast to 病死, which is death from natural illness.

殺さつ人じんN1
殺人 means murder of another person, while 自殺 means killing oneself, so the two share 殺 but differ in who is killed.
事じ故こ死し
自殺 is death by one's own hand (suicide), whereas 事故死 is unintentional death caused by an accident, and reports often distinguish carefully between the two.

件けんN2
Used when referring to a suicide as an incident or case, especially in reports or statistics.

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Sino-Japanese compound: 自 (self) + 殺 (kill).