death
要点死
意味
- 死,死亡;死に方,死にざま
- 死んだ[ような]状態
- 《the~》(…の)絶滅,破滅《+of+名》
- 《the~》(…の)死の原因,命取り《+of+名》
- 《通例D-》死神(手に鎌(かま)を持った黒装束の骸骨(がいこつ)で表される)
例文
I was deeply affected when I heard of his death.
彼の死を聞かされて深く心を痛めた。
Can we find joy in spite of suffering and death?
私達は苦痛や死があるにもかかわらず喜びを見いだせるでしょう。
That fight seemed like a life-or-death struggle.
その戦いは生死を賭けた戦いのようであった。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English deth, deeth, from Old English dēaþ, from Proto-West Germanic *dauþu, from Proto-Germanic *dauþuz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰówtus. More at die. Cognates Cognate with Scots daeth, daith, death, deeth, deith (“death”), North Frisian Duar, duas, düüs (“death”), Saterland Frisian Dood (“death”), West Frisian dea (“death”), Dutch dood (“death”), German Tod, Todt (“death”), Limburgish doead (“death”), Luxembourgish Doud (“death”), Yiddish טויט (toyt, “death”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål død (“death”), Faroese deyði (“death”), Icelandic dauði (“death”), Norwegian Nynorsk daude, død (“death”), Swedish död (“death”), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌿𐍃 (dauþus, “death”).