死

Meaning

1. n
   death
2. n
   (an) out
3. n
   death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)

Example sentences

• 彼は二者択一を選ぶことでしょう。武術か死か。

  Which will he choose, I wonder, martial arts or death?

• 恋人の死の知らせに彼女は大いに心を乱した。

  She was very agitated at the news of her lover's death.

• 恋人の死の知らせに彼女の心は乱れた。

  She was agitated by the news of her lover's death.