生ける屍
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 生 | 屍 |
| い Grade: 1 |
しかばね Hyōgai |
| kun'yomi | |
Etymology
By surface analysis, 生ける (ikeru, “living”, adnominal) + 屍 (shikabane, “corpse”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ike̞ɾɯ̟ ɕika̠ba̠ne̞]
Noun
生ける屍 • (ikeru shikabane)
- (figurative) living corpse; living dead
- A corpse-like person, physically alive, but mentally dead or incapacitated, e.g. as by exhausting work, emotional ailment, or mental disability.
- zombie
- Synonym: ゾンビ