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How to say 'Illness' or 'Death' in Japanese | 病死

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The Japanese word for Illness or Death is 'Byoushi', written as 病死 in Japanese.'Illness' or 'Death' in hiragana is びょうし.

    word

    病死

    Meaning

    Illness, Death

    Reading

    びょうし

    byoushi

    Kanji

    病Illness 死Death

    Explanation

    The Japanese verbal noun '病死 (びょうし)' refers to death caused by illness or disease. It is a compound of '病 (びょう)' meaning 'illness' and '死 (し)' meaning 'death'. This term is often used in medical or formal contexts to describe a person's passing due to sickness. For example: He died of illness「彼は病死した」(かれはびょうしした). Many people died from the epidemic「多くの人が伝染病で病死した」(おおくのひとがでんせんびょうでびょうしした). Note that '病死' specifically emphasizes the cause of death being an illness, distinguishing it from other causes like accidents or old age.

    Part Of Speech

    verbal noun

    Kanji JLPT

    N4

    Kanji Grade

    3

    Frequency

    6300

    Composition

    kanji

    Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 病死

This word contains 2 kanji characters:

  • kanji

    病

    Meaning

    Illness

  • kanji

    死

    Meaning

    Death

Words Related to 病死 Through the Kanji 病

These 8 Words contain the Kanji 病 as well.

  • word

    病気

    Meaning

    Illness

  • word

    病院

    Meaning

    Hospital

  • word

    病

    Meaning

    Disease

  • word

    急病

    Meaning

    Sudden illness

  • word

    看病

    Meaning

    Nursing

  • word

    臆病

    Meaning

    Cowardly

  • word

    病室

    Meaning

    Hospital room

  • word

    病人

    Meaning

    Sick person

Words Related to 病死 Through the Kanji 死

These 11 Words contain the Kanji 死 as well.

  • word

    死ぬ

    Meaning

    Die

  • word

    死

    Meaning

    Death

  • word

    死体

    Meaning

    Corpse

  • word

    必死

    Meaning

    Desperate

  • word

    生死

    Meaning

    Life and death

  • word

    死亡

    Meaning

    Death

  • word

    戦死

    Meaning

    Death in battle

  • word

    死者

    Meaning

    Dead

  • word

    死後

    Meaning

    Afterlife

  • word

    死刑

    Meaning

    Death penalty

  • word

    必死に

    Meaning

    Desperately

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'Byoushi' means 'Illness' or 'Death' .

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