Meaning of 死去(しきょ) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 死去

Kana Reading しきょ

Romaji shikyo

Examples of 死去, しきょ in a sentence

三村・泰之氏（みむら・やすゆき＝コニチカ株式会社取締役）三日、心不全で死去。４５歳。

Mimura Yasuyuki (Konichika LTD, Managing Director) died of heart attack on the third, age 45.
私は新聞で彼の死去のことを知った。

I read about his death in the paper.
国民全体は国王死去の報を聞いて悲しんだ。

The whole nation was sad to hear that their king died.
ノーベル賞受賞者湯川博士は１９８１年に死去した。

Dr. Yukawa, the Nobel prize winner, died in 1981.

去 JLPT 4

5 strokes

gone, past, quit, leave, elapse, eliminate, divorce

On'Yomi: キョ, コ

Kun'Yomi: さ.る, -さ.る

死 JLPT 4

6 strokes

death, die

On'Yomi: シ

Kun'Yomi: し.ぬ, し.に-

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