NichiDict

N3
[shi]
Illustration for 死

Meanings

1.Noun

death

2.Noun

baseball(an) out

3.Noun

death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)

Examples

祖父のは悲しいことでた。

My grandfather's death was sad.

二死満塁の場面で代打が打席に立った。

With two outs and the bases loaded, a pinch hitter stepped up to the plate.

祖父のを知ったのは翌朝だった。

I learned of my grandfather's death the next morning.