飛び降り自殺

飛び降り自殺

Japanese

Kanji in this term
飛	降	自	殺
と Grade: 4	お Grade: 6	じ Grade: 2	さつ Grade: 4
kun’yomi		on’yomi

Alternative forms

• 飛降 (とびお)り自殺 (じさつ) (tobiorijisatsu)
• 飛 (と)び下 (お)り自殺 (じさつ) (tobiorijisatsu)
• 飛下 (とびお)り自殺 (じさつ) (tobiorijisatsu)

Etymology

From 飛 (と)び降 (お)り (tobiori, “jumping down”, 連 (れん)用 (よう)形 (けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 飛 (と)び降 (お)りる (tobioriru, “to jump down; to jump”).) + 自殺 (じさつ) (jisatsu, “suicide”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) とびおりじ​さつ [tòbíórí jíꜜsàtsù] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
• IPA^(key): [to̞bʲio̞ɾʲi d͡ʑisa̠t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

飛び降り自殺 (hiragana とびおりじさつ, rōmaji tobiori jisatsu)

1. suicide by jumping

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN