How to say "dead" in Japanese

• デッドCommon
  na-adjective, nounCovers 'dead' in business and finance — dead money or dead stock, meaning money or goods that sit idle; it never refers to dead people, so it is seldom the word you want outside finance.
• 死者ししゃCommon
  nounA noun for a dead person or the dead collectively — the deceased, or casualties as counted in news reports of accidents, disasters and war; it names people and is not the adjective 'dead'.
  その事故じこの犠牲者ぎせいしゃ数すうは死者ししゃ５名めい、負傷者ふしょうしゃ１００名めいであった。↗

  The toll from the accident was 5 persons dead and 100 persons injured.

For dead people use 死者 (the deceased, casualties); 「デッド」 is a loanword for 'dead' only in the financial sense of dead money or stock, not for people or death.

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

• デッドdead (money, stock, etc.)
• 死者ししゃdead person
• 亡いないdead
• 亡きなきdeceased
• 死没者しぼつしゃdead person
• 真んまんperfect
• 戦闘不能せんとうふのうunable to fight (esp. in video games)
• 死にしにdead