孤独死

See also: 孤獨死

Japanese

FWOTD – 6 October 2021
Kanji in this term
孤 独 死
こ
Grade: S
どく
Grade: 5
し
Grade: 3
kan’on goon on’yomi
Alternative spelling
孤獨死 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) こどく​し [kòdókúꜜshì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞do̞kɯ̟ᵝɕi]

Noun

孤(こ)独(どく)死(し) • (kodokushi) 

  1. kodokushi, lonely death
    • 2021 February 1, Kumashiro Kō, “‘Dokushinmono no kodokushi’ wa, nakusu-beki higeki de wa naku, sonchō su-beki sentaku no hazu da [‘Single people’s solitary deaths’ may not be a problem to reduce, but a choice to be respected]”, in President Online‎:
      独(ひと)り暮(く)らしの人(ひと)が誰(だれ)にも看(み)取(と)られることなく死(し)去(きょ)する、いわゆる孤(こ)独(どく)死(し)(または孤(こ)立(りつ)死(し))が、右(みぎ)肩(かた)上(あ)がりに増(ふ)えている。
      Hitori kurashi no hito ga dare ni mo mitorareru kotonaku shikyo suru, iwayuru kodokushi (mata wa koritsushi) ga, migikata agari ni fuete-iru.
      Cases of people who live alone dying with no one in attendance, so-called kodokushi (or solitary death), are increasing.

Verb

孤(こ)独(どく)死(し)する • (kodokushi suru) intransitive suru (stem 孤(こ)独(どく)死(し)し (kodokushi shi), past 孤(こ)独(どく)死(し)した (kodokushi shita))

  1. to die a lonely death, die alone

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.