生ける屍

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
しかばね
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Etymology

By surface analysis, 生ける (ikeru, living, adnominal) +‎ (shikabane, corpse).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ike̞ɾɯ̟ ɕika̠ba̠ne̞]

Noun

()ける(しかばね) • (ikeru shikabane

  1. (figurative) living corpse; living dead
    1. A corpse-like person, physically alive, but mentally dead or incapacitated, e.g. as by exhausting work, emotional ailment, or mental disability.
  2. zombie
    Synonym: ゾンビ