Meaning of 死去(しきょ) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 死去

Kana Reading しきょ

Romaji shikyo

Parts of speech

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

Meaning

death

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.

Related Kanji

去 JLPT 4

5 strokes

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

On'Yomi: キョ, コ

Kun'Yomi: さ.る, -さ.る

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死 JLPT 4

6 strokes

death, die

On'Yomi: シ

Kun'Yomi: し.ぬ, し.に-

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