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逝去 (せいきょ, seikyo) Japanese meaning: death | Kotomora
Common word› Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation 逝去する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 逝せい 去きょ する 逝せい 去きょ しない Polite 逝せい 去きょ します 逝せい 去きょ しません Past polite 逝せい 去きょ しました 逝せい 去きょ しませんでした Past 逝せい 去きょ した 逝せい 去きょ しなかった Te-form 逝せい 去きょ して 逝せい 去きょ しないで Desire 逝せい 去きょ したい 逝せい 去きょ したくない Potential 逝せい 去きょ できる 逝せい 去きょ できない Passive 逝せい 去きょ される 逝せい 去きょ されない Causative 逝せい 去きょ させる 逝せい 去きょ させない Causative passive 逝せい 去きょ させられる 逝せい 去きょ させられない Volitional 逝せい 去きょ しよう Polite volitional 逝せい 去きょ しましょう Imperative 逝せい 去きょ しろ 逝せい 去きょ するな Conditional 逝せい 去きょ すれば 逝せい 去きょ しなければ Tara conditional 逝せい 去きょ したら 逝せい 去きょ しなかったら
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社しゃ 長ちょう の ご 逝せい 去きょ を 悼いた み 、 心こころ より お 悔く やみ 申もう し 上あ げ ます 。
We mourn the passing of the company president and offer our deepest condolences.
News arrived of the death of a renowned author.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 のご 逝せい 去きょ を 悼いた む to mourn the passing of someone
Mourning the chairman's passing, all the employees observed a moment of silence.
〈 人ひと 〉 のご 逝せい 去きょ に 際さい し on the occasion of someone's passing
ご 逝せい 去きょ のお 知し らせ notice announcing someone's passing
A notice of the former mayor's passing was published in the newspaper.
〈 人ひと 〉 が 逝せい 去きょ された so-and-so passed away (honorific)
The teacher passed away last month at the age of ninety.
Related words 他界 is a soft, euphemistic word for death usable for anyone, while 逝去 is specifically the honorific term reserved for someone else's death in formal writing.
永眠 (lit. 'eternal sleep') is a gentle literary euphemism for death often seen in obituaries, whereas 逝去 carries explicit honorific respect toward the deceased.
逝去 is a formal, respectful term used for another person's death regardless of religion, whereas 昇天 carries a specifically Christian, heaven-bound nuance.
逝去 is a respectful, formal term for someone's death that does not necessarily imply suddenness, whereas 急逝 specifically stresses that the death was sudden and unexpected.
逝去する is a very formal word used mainly in obituaries and official announcements, while 亡くなる is the common polite word used in everyday speech.
Politeness 逝去 is used to respectfully announce someone else's death, while 死去 is the humbler, neutral term used when announcing the death of one's own family member.
死亡 is the plain, official term for death used in news reports and legal documents, while 逝去 adds honorific respect and is reserved for referring to another person's death.
逝去 is a formal, honorific word used to respectfully announce someone else's death, while 往生 is more euphemistic or Buddhist in tone and can be used more casually.
Etymology Composed of 逝 (to pass away) and 去 (to leave), forming a respectful euphemism for death.
On the occasion of the chairman's passing, we offer our sincerest condolences.
逝去 is the honorific term used to respectfully refer to someone's death, while 没 is a neutral, formal term often used in biographical or historical writing.
逝去 is an honorific term used to respectfully refer to someone else's death, whereas 死 is the plain, neutral word for death.
