JLPT N5 · Verb

死ぬ (shinu)

死ぬ (しぬ, shinu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to die; to pass away”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: しぬ
Romaji: shinu
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in ぬ
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

to die; to pass away · godan verb, intransitive
to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to look dead · godan verb, intransitive
to cease; to stop · godan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

その少年は死んだものとしてあきらめられた。

The boy was given up for dead.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 死ぬ

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in ぬ. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	死ぬ	しぬ shinu
Polite (~masu)	死にます	しにます shinimasu
Negative	死なない	しなない shinanai
Polite negative	死にません	しにません shinimasen
Past	死んだ	しんだ shinda
Polite past	死にました	しにました shinimashita
Negative past	死ななかった	しななかった shinanakatta
Te-form	死んで	しんで shinde
Potential	死ねる	しねる shineru
Passive	死なれる	しなれる shinareru
Causative	死なせる	しなせる shinaseru
Volitional	死のう	しのう shinou
Imperative	死ね	しね shine
Conditional (~ba)	死ねば	しねば shineba

Kanji in 死ぬ

死

death, dieシ・し.ぬ・し.に- · 6 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 死ぬ.

死しdeath死亡しぼうdeath必死ひっしfrantic死体したいdead body死刑しけいdeath penalty生死せいしlife and death

Source: JMdict entry 1310730 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.