死亡者|しぼうしゃshibousha[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. nounthe deceased; deaths; persons killed

• Synonym死者ししゃNeutralEssentially interchangeable with 「死亡者」 but more concise; the most common word in accident reports, as in 「死者三名」.
• Synonym故人こじんNeutralA deceased person, used with respect, mainly when mourning; 「死亡者」 itself carries no emotional coloring.
• Synonym死人しにんNeutralA dead person or corpse; blunt and colloquial, with an ominous or coarse feel that 「死亡者」 lacks.
• Synonym亡者もうじゃNeutralThe spirit of the dead, and figuratively someone obsessed, as in 「金の亡者」, a person enslaved by money.
• Synonym亡き者なきものWrittenSomeone no longer of this world; often in 「亡き者にする」, meaning to kill. Unlike the objective 「死亡者」 of statistics and reports, it is a literary word.
• Synonym亡き人なきひとWrittenA deceased person remembered with sorrow and fondness; a written word found in literature and eulogies.
• Synonym物故者ぶっこしゃWrittenA formal word for the deceased, used on formal occasions such as alumni directories that list 「物故者」.
• Synonym帰らぬ人かえらぬひとNeutralA set phrase for someone who has died, often as 「帰らぬ人となる」; a gentle euphemism.
• Antonym生存者せいぞんしゃNeutralAntonym: a survivor — the counterpart of 「死亡者」 in casualty statistics.

Use 「死亡者」 for deaths in statistics and reports, as in 「死亡者数」; news reports often shorten it to 「死者」, as in 「死者三名」. To speak of the departed with respect or mourning, use 「故人」, or the euphemistic 「帰らぬ人」. In casualty figures the opposite is 「生存者」, a survivor.

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1. 亡なくなった人ひと。
2. 事故じこや災害さいがいなどで命いのちを失うしなった人ひと。