死亡|しぼうshibou[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbdeath; dying; mortality
   我々われわれは彼かれの死亡しぼうのニュースにショックを受うけた。↗

   We were shocked at the news of his death.

• Synonym死しNeutralAbstract noun for death itself, as in 「死を恐れる」; 「死亡」 is the usual word in reports and statistics.
• Synonym死去しきょNeutralA person's death, often in news reports and obituaries such as 「〇〇氏死去」; slightly more formal than 「死亡」.
• Synonym逝去せいきょFormalHonorific way to refer to someone's death, as in 「ご逝去」; used to show respect, unlike neutral 「死亡」.
• Synonym物故ぶっこWrittenWritten, euphemistic word for a person's death, seen in registers and obituaries.
• Synonym辞世じせいWrittenMeans leaving this world, but most often refers to a death poem, as in 「辞世の句」.
• Synonym他界たかいNeutralEuphemism for passing away, as in 「父が他界した」; commonly used when speaking of a relative's death.
• Synonym終焉しゅうえんWrittenThe end of a life or of an era, as in 「終焉の地」「時代の終焉」; often figurative, unlike factual 「死亡」.
• Synonym死ぬしぬNeutralThe most common verb, plain and colloquial; can sound blunt about others, so use 「亡くなる」 politely.
• Synonym亡くなるなくなるNeutralPolite euphemism for 「死ぬ」; the everyday choice when speaking of someone's death.
• Synonym没ぼつWrittenDeath in year lists such as 「1900年没」; also means a work being rejected.
• Synonym死没しぼつWrittenWritten word for death in statistics and legal documents, as in 「死没者」.
• Synonym絶命ぜつめいWrittenWritten word for breathing one's last, as in 「その場で絶命した」; stresses the moment life ends, more literary than 「死亡」.
• Synonym長逝ちょうせいWrittenWritten word meaning eternal rest or passing, found mainly in obituaries and eulogies.
• Synonym落命らくめいWrittenWritten word for losing one's life by accident, as in 「事故で落命する」; used for accidents and war.
• Synonym没するぼっするWrittenWritten verb for dying, also to sink; often used in accounts of historical figures.
• Synonym永眠えいみんWrittenWritten euphemism for eternal rest, common in obituaries, as in 「永眠いたしました」.
• Synonym事切れることきれるWrittenTo breathe one's last, as in 「病院に着く前に事切れた」; leans toward written narration.
• Synonymこの世を去るこのよをさるNeutralEuphemism for leaving this world, with a literary flavor.
• Synonym死するしするWrittenLiterary verb for dying, seen in set phrases like 「死して名を残す」.
• Synonym世を去るよをさるNeutralEuphemism for passing away; can also mean entering the priesthood or retiring from the world.
• Synonym逝くいくWrittenLiterary, elegant word for passing, tinged with regret; found in literature and mourning contexts.
• Antonym生存せいぞんNeutralAntonym: to live or survive, as in 「生存者」; the opposite of 「死亡」.
• Antonym誕生たんじょうNeutralAntonym: birth; the opposite of 「死亡」 on the life-and-death axis.

Use 「死亡」 for deaths in reports and statistics. In speech say 「死ぬ」 plainly, 「亡くなる」 politely, 「逝去」 honorifically, or 「他界」 euphemistically. Antonyms are 「生存」 and 「誕生」.

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

1. 生命せいめいがその活動かつどうを永遠えいえんに停止ていしすること。死しぬこと。