How to say "carcass" in Japanese

• 死骸しがいCommon
  nounCovers the carcass sense, often suggesting the remains of an animal or something left lying where it died, with a detached, descriptive flavor. Typical in contexts like finding a bird's or beast's carcass.
• 死体したいJLPT N2approx.Common
  nounThe general word for a dead body or corpse, used chiefly of humans; it also glosses 'carcass', but for that sense it is secondary, and it is really the neutral everyday word for a corpse.
  死体したい解剖かいぼうの結果けっか、絞殺こうさつと判明はんめいしました。↗

  The postmortem showed that she had been strangled.

Both words cover dead bodies and carcasses; choose 死骸 when emphasizing an animal's remains or a carcass left behind, and 死体 for the general word for a corpse or dead body, including humans.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 死骸しがい(dead) body
• 死体したいdead body
• カーカスcarcass (inner body of a car tyre) (tire)
• 屠体とたいcarcass