suicide

自殺

自分の命を意図的に絶つこと。

やさしい英語で： The act of deliberately causing your own death.

• Suicide prevention is part of their work.
• The report shows a fall in suicide rates.
• Her brother died by suicide several years ago.

類義語： taking one’s own life

よく使う表現： suicide prevention, attempted suicide, die by suicide

自殺行為

自分の将来や組織を破滅させたり、命を失わせたりしかねない行為。

やさしい英語で： An action likely to destroy a person’s future, an organization, or possibly someone’s life.

• Ignoring those voters would be political suicide.
• Opening another shop now could be financial suicide.
• He knew that publishing the accusation might mean career suicide.

類義語： self-destruction

よく使う表現： political suicide, career suicide, financial suicide

自殺者

自らの命を意図的に絶った人。

やさしい英語で： A person who deliberately caused their own death.

• The old report described him as a suicide.
• The cemetery records listed three suicides that year.
• A suicide was sometimes denied burial in the village churchyard.

類義語： autocide, self-killer, self-murderer, self-slayer

よく使う表現： a suspected suicide, burial of a suicide