Meaning of 死ぬ in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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死ぬJLPT 5
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Kana Readingしぬ
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Romajishinu
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Godan verb with `nu` ending, irregular nu verb, intransitive verb
- Meaning
- to die
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Example Sentences
死ぬ, しぬ used in context
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I'll kill you! Knock your block off and grind you underfoot! You shithead! Die!
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ハゲタカが突っつく死んだ鹿とか、他の動物の食べ残しとか、 そういう腐った肉を死肉と書きました。
A dead deer being pecked by vultures, remains partly eaten by other animals, that sort of rotten meat is called 'carrion'.
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人が肉体を持ち、地上に生まれたからといって、地上のことを全て理解するわけではないのと同様に、死んだからといって霊的世界を全て理解しているわけでもないのです。
Just because people are corporeal born to this world doesn't mean that they understand everything about it, similarly just because somebody's died doesn't mean that they understand everything about the incorporeal world.
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すべての人は死ぬ運命にある。 しかし、いつ死ぬかどのように死ぬかは決められない。
All are fated to die. However, you can't decide how and when you die.
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すべての人は死ぬ運命にある。 しかし、いつ死ぬかどのように死ぬかは決められない。
All are fated to die. However, you can't decide how and when you die.
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すべての人は死ぬ運命にある。 しかし、いつ死ぬかどのように死ぬかは決められない。
All are fated to die. However, you can't decide how and when you die.
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