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death
(an) out
death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
祖父の死は悲しいことでした。
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.
祖父の死を知ったのは翌朝だった。
I learned of my grandfather's death the next morning.