シニ
Meanings
Noun
1. dying; death
2. dead; useless
Prefix
3. damned
Pitch accent
シ
ニ
Composed of
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
Used in vocabulary (28 in total)
desperation; struggle to the death
losing posture; falling position from which it is impossible to recover; lame duck; hopeless situation
at the point of death; almost dead; about to die; at some limit (pain, hunger, etc.)
way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death
one's last moments; (on) the point of death; (on) one's deathbed
manner of death
place to die; place of death
face of a dead person
life and death; life or death
moment of death
I can't die and leave things this way
burial clothes; clothes worn to commit suicide
deadly disease; sickness leading to death; terminal illness
narrow escape from death
water given to a dying person
time to die
at the risk of one's life; dead body
dishonor that persists after death; shame at the moment of one's death
poorly selling line (of products); unprofitable line
matter of life and death
I can't die and leave things this way
(fitting) place to die
video game in which the player is likely to die frequently
dead horse; stupid horse; useless horse; crowbait
useless learning
death portrait; shini-e; ukiyo-e print depicting someone in their final moments
one weak group can defend; one group of weak stones doesn't die
death and life; death or life; death
Examples (11 in total)
She wept over her son's death.
I was surprised at John's death.
She is grieved at her husband's death.