death

死、死亡

人や動物などの生き物の命が終わること。

やさしい英語で： The end of a person's, animal's, or other living thing's life.

• His death made us sad.
• The accident caused three deaths.
• What was the cause of death?

使い方： the death of someone/something (The death of the tree changed the garden.)

反対語： birth

よく使う表現： sudden death, cause of death, death of someone, early death

死

もう生きていない状態。

やさしい英語で： The condition of no longer being alive.

• Her face was peaceful in death.
• They believed in life after death.
• Even in death, the brothers remained together.

反対語： life

よく使う表現： in death, after death, beyond death

死刑

犯罪への法律上の罰として人の命を奪うこと。

やさしい英語で： Killing someone as a legal punishment for a crime.

• The judge sentenced him to death.
• The country abolished the death penalty.
• Several prisoners were put to death that year.

使い方： sentence someone to death (The court sentenced the prisoner to death.); put someone to death (The king ordered the traitor put to death.)

類義語： execution

よく使う表現： sentenced to death, death penalty, put to death

死神

死ぬ人を迎えに来るとされ、よく頭巾と大鎌を持つ姿で描かれる存在。

やさしい英語で： An imaginary figure, often wearing a hood and carrying a curved blade, who takes people when they die.

• Death stood beside the bed.
• The painter showed Death carrying a scythe.
• In the story, Death speaks to a young soldier.

類義語： Grim Reaper

よく使う表現： Death appeared, Death came, Death himself