Meaning of 急逝(きゅうせい) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 急逝

Kana Reading きゅうせい

Romaji kyūsei

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

Meaning

sudden death

Examples of 急逝, きゅうせい in a sentence

兄が急逝したのは２年前、義姉は一人兄の遺した小さな宝飾店を健気に守ってきた。

Since my brother died suddenly two years ago, my sister-in-law has valiantly kept going the small jewellery store he left her.

Related Kanji

逝 JLPT 1

10 strokes

departed, die

On'Yomi: セイ

Kun'Yomi: ゆ.く, い.く

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急 JLPT 4

9 strokes

hurry, emergency, sudden, steep

On'Yomi: キュウ

Kun'Yomi: いそ.ぐ, いそ.ぎ

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