JLPT N2 · Noun

死体 (shitai)

死体 (したい, shitai) is a Japanese noun meaning “dead body; corpse”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: したい
Romaji: shitai
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass · noun

Example sentences

死体解剖の結果、絞殺と判明しました。

The postmortem showed that she had been strangled.

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

Kanji in 死体

死

death, dieシ・し.ぬ・し.に- · 6 strokes

体

body, substance, objectタイ・テイ・からだ・かたち · 7 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 死体.

死ぬしぬto die死しdeath死亡しぼうdeath必死ひっしfrantic死刑しけいdeath penalty生死せいしlife and death体からだbody大体だいたいgenerally重体じゅうたいserious condition身体しんたいbody一体いったい(what) the heck気体きたいgas具体ぐたいconcreteness全体ぜんたいwhole

Source: JMdict entry 1310920 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.