シ
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. death
Noun
Baseball
2. (an) out
3. death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
Alt. forms
Pitch accent
シ
Used in vocabulary (189 in total)
cause of death
death (and entering the hereafter)
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
(nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament
life and death; life or death
after death
death penalty; capital punishment
certain death
dead axle
dead; departed
corpse; dead person
(on the) verge of death
unnatural death; accidental death; violent death
karōshi; death from overwork
death by drowning
sudden death; unexpected death; (game-ending) blunder
life and death; life or death; life and death (of a group of stones)
dying in vain
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
death; dying; mortality
(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains
immortality; eternal life; undeath; undead
instant death
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)
spirit of a dead person; ghost; departed soul; vengeful spirit (spawned from a dead person's hate); vindictive soul (of a deceased person)
life and death; life or death
death in battle
death from disease; death from illness
all out; like hell; like crazy; desperately; (lit.) expecting to die
casualties; the killed and wounded
capital crime; crime resulting in a death penalty
borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)
accidental death
extinction; annihilation; destruction
demon of death
life and death
fear of death
playing dead; feigning death; playing possum
brain death
time of death; one's final hour; one's end
putrid smell of a corpse
death by suffocation; death by choking
dead flesh; carrion
apostle of death (in fiction)
sudden death
death from explosion; death from bombing; bombing (in sales); flopping
bereavement; separation by death; loss
look of death (in one's face); shadow of death; face of a dead person
euthanasia
suicide; apoptosis
death due to shock (triggered by blood loss, heart failure or other causes)
dying from blood loss; bleeding to death; hemorrhaging to death
fatal disease
falling to one's death; death from a fall
all one's strength; desperate effort; (lit.) strength one has when ready to die
half-dead
death from prostration; death from emaciation
dead language; extinct language; obsolete word; dated word; word that has become passé
mysterious death
hoarding; storing away (without using)
fight to the death; mortal combat; deathmatch
dying alone (esp. of someone who lives alone and dies of natural causes at home without anyone knowing); solitary death
stillbirth
as good as dead; might as well be dead; more dead than alive
unnatural death; violent death
sudden death; unexpected death
postmortem lividity; livor mortis; death spot
(dying of) natural causes
(death by) electrocution
(you) couldn't kill (him) if you tried
corpse
death by falling
ptomaine poisoning
dead city; ghost town
undetermined manner of death; suspicious death
deathbed
die all together; go to the grave together
death in agony
merchant of death; arms dealer
execution; death by execution
life and death
life and death
deadly disease; fatal disease; final illness
adipocere (waxy substance formed by the decomposition of corpses subjected to moisture); grave wax
large number of deaths; massive fatalities
death in jail; death in prison
dying in a lost battle; falling in a lost cause
death from poisoning
empty eyes; thousand-yard stare; blank glaze; expressionless look; (lit.) eyes of a dead fish
death by being run over
fatal situation
dying of cuteness; dying from seeing something that makes one's heart go pitter-patter
death march
bleeding to death
at the risk of one's life; even if (I) die; even if it kills one (me, him, etc.); at all costs; no matter what; as long as I live
lovers' suicide; double suicide
fate; life or death
necrophilia; necrophilism
dance of death; danse macabre
the underworld; world after death; blind spot; place not in the field of vision; dead space
death during surgery; intra-operative death; operational death
feigning death; playing possum; tonic immobility; thanatosis; apparent death
valley of death (barrier between product development and commercialization stages)
dead thing; useless item
dying while traveling; dying while abroad
dying while traveling; dying while abroad
place of death; place to die
lethal radioactive fallout; atomic dust
death with dignity; natural death (as opposed to extending one's life unnaturally with life support)
extinct volcano
falling dead; perishing; dying
dying of old age
death mask
death of God
Star of Death (nickname for Alcor)
dying in prison
heat death (i.e. of the universe)
cardiac death
two out; two down (and one to go)
the four inevitables in human life (birth, aging, sickness, and death)
fear of death; thanatophobia
Dead Souls (novel by Gogol); Myortvye dushi
place of execution
dead point
direct death; death directly caused by an accident, disease, etc.
pitch that hits the batter
dying insane
end (of a family bloodline); dying
death
death by (child) abuse; (child) abuse resulting in death
right to die
inevitability of death (one of the four kinds of suffering); death pains; agony of death
narrowly averting death
vote for a losing candidate; wasted vote
dead child; stillborn child
once you're dead, that's it
unnatural death
exerting oneself to the utmost, prepared to die if necessary
exerting oneself to the utmost, prepared to die if necessary
when the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off; (lit.) when the nimble rabbit dies, the hunting dog is cooked
Death in Venice (1912 novella by Thomas Mann, film, opera)
dead letter; meaningless writing
weakening pulse; exhausted (mining) vein
the instant of death
dying of cancer
accidental death (esp. while climbing mountains or being shipwrecked)
no outs
three outs
death by strangulation; ligature strangulation
death from assault; death resulting from a violent act
cell death
related death; death indirectly caused (by an accident, disease, etc.)
becoming a dead letter; becoming meaningless (of a statute, law, etc.)
dying alone (esp. of someone who lives alone and dies of natural causes at home without anyone knowing); solitary death
death from infection
waning moon
racking up unmanageably large mobile data costs; bill shock; (lit.) death by packet; being subjected to download speed restrictions (as a result of exceeding one's monthly mobile data allowance)
dead weight; dead load; static load
give me liberty, or give me death
high birth rate and high mortality rate
burning to death
once you're dead, that's it
killed vaccine
no mortal escapes death; all men must die; (lit.) he who has life, certainly has death
death by physical trauma; violent death; exogenous death; death by an external cause
interphase death
death by hanging
group of death (tournament group containing several strong teams)
apoptosis
wrongful death; death caused by violent crime
old soldiers never die; they just fade away
birth is the beginning of death
birth is the beginning of death
death from natural causes
home death; dying at home
low birth rate and low mortality rate
dead water
stillbirth; being born dead; neonatal death
there is death in the hane
dead fetus
signs of death
Death of a Salesman (1949 play by Arthur Miller)
dying in a fit of anger; fainting
Examples (62 in total)
I'm afraid of death.
Death is certain to come to everybody.
His death was made known to the public.