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死亡 (しぼう): death — Japanese vocabulary

死亡 is read しぼう and means "death". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

死亡

Reading
しぼう · shibou
Translation
death
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
しぼうが

Example

飛行機事故で多くの人が死亡した。

ひこうきじこでおおくのひとがしぼうした。

Many people were killed in the plane accident.

Kanji in this word

  • 死 — Death, Die
  • 亡 — perish, die

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