しぼう
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する, intransitive)
1. death; dying; mortality
It seems he was already dead when he was found.
Pitch accent
し
ぼう
Composed of
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
death; the late; the deceased
Used in vocabulary (26 in total)
estimated time of death
death rate; mortality rate
the deceased; deaths; persons killed
Examples (20 in total)
At least two people perished.
Two people were killed in a traffic accident.
Many people were killed in the accident.
The former President's death was announced.
Tom's death was confirmed yesterday.
He died from acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
If this had been real combat, everyone would have died.
Many people were killed in the plane accident.
Rumors of his death spread online.
Tom died of a drug overdose in 2013.
The principal cause of death in refugee camps is the lack of nourishment.
It seems he was already dead when he was found.
We were shocked at the news of his death.
I had failed to ask on what day the old man died.
The workman died from the explosion.
He received a telegram saying that his mother had died.
All the passengers were killed in the airplane crash.
Most people killed by smoking were not heavy smokers.
The bus fell off the cliff, killing all 10 aboard.
He died from the cold last night.