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孤独死

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 孤独死.

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Entry

孤独死こどくしNounIntransitive~する VerbFreq #50919
1

dying alone (esp. of someone who lives alone and dies of natural causes at home without anyone knowing); solitary death

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

orphan, alone

9 strokesFrequency 1,239JLPT N1Grade 8

On

single, alone, spontaneously, Germany

9 strokesFrequency 365JLPT N2Grade 5

On

ドクトク

Kun

ひと.り

Nanori

どいつどっ

death, die

6 strokesFrequency 229JLPT N3Grade 3

On

Kun

し.ぬし.に-

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