落らく命めい

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

losing one's life; death

Formal or literary term for death, often used in news reports or official statements. Implies an unfortunate or untimely end.

• 事じ故こで多おおくの人ひとが落らく命めいした。

  Many people lost their lives in the accident.

• 登と山ざん中ちゅうの落らく命めいが相あい次ついでいる。

  There have been a series of deaths during mountain climbing.