Meaning of 死語(しご) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 死語

Kana Reading しご

Romaji shigo

Examples of 死語, しご in a sentence

夫の死語彼女が事業を引き継いだ。

She took over the business after her husband died.
それって死語じゃないの。

People don't say that anymore.
しかし、その一方、ラテン語はそのときまでに「死語」となっていた。

But, then again, Latin was already a "dead language" by that time.
この語はもう死語です。

This word has gone out of use.

語 JLPT 5

14 strokes

word, speech, language

On'Yomi: ゴ

Kun'Yomi: かた.る, かた.らう

死 JLPT 4

6 strokes

death, die

On'Yomi: シ

Kun'Yomi: し.ぬ, し.に-

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