死に

Japanese

Kanji in this term
死
し Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Etymology

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 死ぬ (shinu, “to die”).^[1] ^[2]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しに [shìní] (Heiban – [0])^[2] as a noun
IPA^(key): [ɕiɲ̟i]

Noun

死(し)に • (shini)

death, dying
Antonym: 生き (iki)
something dead, unfunctional, or useless
(go) an area with two or more stones that is surrounded by the opponent's stones but not yet captured
Antonym: 生き (iki)

Derived terms

死(し)に後(あと) (shiniato, “time after one's death, particularly referring to the time after the death of one's spouse”)
死(し)に一(いち)倍(ばい) (shiniichibai): a kind of loan whereby the borrower must repay double the loan amount upon the death of the borrower's parents and subsequent inheritance of parental assets
死(し)に軍(いくさ) (shiniikusa, “fight to the death”)
死(し)に石(いし) (shiniishi)
死(し)に絵(え) (shinie): a print or poster of a famous actor created on the occasion of that actor's death, noting the actor's posthumous name, place of burial, and time of death
死(し)に顔(がお) (shinigao): the face or facial expression of a dead person
死(し)に覚(かく)悟(ご) (shinikakugo): being prepared to die, readiness to die
死(し)に学(がく)問(もん) (shinigakumon): a field of study that has no practical use
死(し)に掛(か)け (shinikake): dying, the act of dying
死(し)に掛(か)ける (shinikakeru)
死(し)に金(がね) (shinigane, “money saved in reserve to cover the costs of one's own death; money that is hoarded but not used; money spent to no effect, wasted money”)
死(し)に神(がみ) (shinigami)
死(し)に際(ぎわ) (shinigiwa)
死(し)に極(ぎわ)め (shinigiwame, “determination or resolution to die”)
死(し)に口(ぐち) (shiniguchi)
死(し)に狂(ぐる)い (shinigurui, “crazy enough to die; crazy because one is unready to die and fears death”)
死(し)に気(げ) (shinige, “sense of death, deathliness”)
死(し)に業(ごう) (shinigō, “karma of one's previous life that causes one's death in this life; death attributed to karma”)
死(し)に様(ざま) (shinizama)
死(し)に時(どき) (shinidoki)
死(し)に場(ば)所(しょ) (shinibasho)
死(し)に装(しょう)束(ぞく) (shinishōzoku)
死(し)に恥(はじ) (shinihaji)
死(し)に外(はず)れ (shinihazure, “act of just barely avoiding death”)
死(し)に花(ばな) (shinibana, “posthumous fame or honor; exceptional and memorable way of dying”)
死(し)に光(びかり) (shinibikari)
死(し)に様(よう) (shiniyō)
あつち死(じ)に (atsuchijini)
生(い)き死(し)に (ikishini)
飢(う)え死(じ)に (uejini)
思(おも)い死(じ)に (omoijini)
餓(かつ)え死(じ)に (katsuejini)
狂(くる)い死(じ)に (kuruijini)
吠(ほ)え死(じ)に (hoejini)
無(む)駄(だ)死(じ)に (mudajini)
無(む)理(り)死(じ)に (murijini)

Prefix

死(し)に • (shini-)

negative or pejorative intensifier: bloody, stupid, goddamn

Derived terms

死(し)に番(ばん) (shiniban, “forty-two”)
死(し)に戯(たわ)け (shinitawake, “bloody foolishness, goddamn messing around”)

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[KDJ-1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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