死に

死に

Japanese

Kanji in this term
死
し Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 死ぬ (shinu, “to die”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しに [shìní] (Heiban – [0])[2] as a noun
• IPA^(key): [ɕiɲ̟i]

Noun

死(し)に • (shini) 

1. death, dying

   Antonym: 生き (iki)

2. something dead, unfunctional, or useless
3. (go) an area with two or more stones that is surrounded by the opponent's stones but not yet captured

   Antonym: 生き (iki)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 死(し)に後(あと) (shiniato, “time after one's death, particularly referring to the time after the death of one's spouse”)
• 死(し)に一(いち)倍(ばい) (shiniichibai): a kind of loan whereby the borrower must repay double the loan amount upon the death of the borrower's parents and subsequent inheritance of parental assets
• 死(し)に軍(いくさ) (shiniikusa, “fight to the death”)
• 死(し)に石(いし) (shiniishi)
• 死(し)に絵(え) (shinie): a print or poster of a famous actor created on the occasion of that actor's death, noting the actor's posthumous name, place of burial, and time of death
• 死(し)に顔(がお) (shinigao): the face or facial expression of a dead person
• 死(し)に覚(かく)悟(ご) (shinikakugo): being prepared to die, readiness to die
• 死(し)に学(がく)問(もん) (shinigakumon): a field of study that has no practical use
• 死(し)に掛(か)け (shinikake): dying, the act of dying
• 死(し)に掛(か)ける (shinikakeru)
• 死(し)に金(がね) (shinigane, “money saved in reserve to cover the costs of one's own death; money that is hoarded but not used; money spent to no effect, wasted money”)
• 死(し)に神(がみ) (shinigami)
• 死(し)に際(ぎわ) (shinigiwa)
• 死(し)に極(ぎわ)め (shinigiwame, “determination or resolution to die”)
• 死(し)に口(ぐち) (shiniguchi)
• 死(し)に狂(ぐる)い (shinigurui, “crazy enough to die; crazy because one is unready to die and fears death”)
• 死(し)に気(げ) (shinige, “sense of death, deathliness”)
• 死(し)に業(ごう) (shinigō, “karma of one's previous life that causes one's death in this life; death attributed to karma”)
• 死(し)に様(ざま) (shinizama)
• 死(し)に時(どき) (shinidoki)
• 死(し)に場(ば)所(しょ) (shinibasho)
• 死(し)に装(しょう)束(ぞく) (shinishōzoku)
• 死(し)に恥(はじ) (shinihaji)
• 死(し)に外(はず)れ (shinihazure, “act of just barely avoiding death”)
• 死(し)に花(ばな) (shinibana, “posthumous fame or honor; exceptional and memorable way of dying”)
• 死(し)に光(びかり) (shinibikari)
• 死(し)に様(よう) (shiniyō)
• あつち死(じ)に (atsuchijini)
• 生(い)き死(し)に (ikishini)
• 飢(う)え死(じ)に (uejini)
• 思(おも)い死(じ)に (omoijini)
• 餓(かつ)え死(じ)に (katsuejini)
• 狂(くる)い死(じ)に (kuruijini)
• 吠(ほ)え死(じ)に (hoejini)
• 無(む)駄(だ)死(じ)に (mudajini)
• 無(む)理(り)死(じ)に (murijini)

Prefix

死(し)に • (shini-) 

1. negative or pejorative intensifier: bloody, stupid, goddamn

Derived terms

• 死(し)に番(ばん) (shiniban, “forty-two”)
• 死(し)に戯(たわ)け (shinitawake, “bloody foolishness, goddamn messing around”)

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN