成句・複合語：
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| a fate worse than death n | figurative (terrible misfortune) | ひどい不幸、ひどい災難 名
HHiraganaひどいふこう、ひどいさいなん |
| a fate worse than death n | euphemism, obsolete (loss of virginity) | 処女の喪失 名
HHiraganaしょじょのそうしつ |
| Angel of Death n | (death personified) | 死の天使 名
HHiraganaしのてんし |
| | Some say that the devil is the Angel of Death. |
| at death's door adv | figurative (very ill, about to die) | 死にかけで、瀕死で 副
HHiraganaしにかけで、ひんしで |
| be the death of [sb] v expr | (cause [sb]'s death) | 死因、死の責任 名
HHiraganaしいん、しのせきにん |
| be the death of [sth] v expr | figurative (cause the decline of [sth]) | 殺す、滅ぼす 他動
HHiraganaころす、ほろぼす |
| | Online news may prove to be the death of print media. |
| bored to death adj | figurative, informal (be weary from lack of stimulation) | 死ぬほど退屈だ 形
HHiraganaしぬほどたいくつだ |
| | Sitting in class, he was bored to death with the teacher's lecture. You looked bored to death during that play! |
be burned to death,
also UK: be burnt to death v expr | (be killed by fire) | 焼け死ぬ、焼死する 自動
HHiraganaやけしぬ、しょうしする |
| | Joan of Arc was burned to death. |
catch your death,
catch your death of cold v expr | informal (catch a bad cold) | ひどい風邪をひく、風邪をこじらせる 動詞句
HHiraganaひどいかぜをひく、かぜをこじらせる |
| cause of death n | (medical reason [sb] has died) | 死因 名
HHiraganaしいん |
| | An autopsy may be necessary to discover the cause of death. |
| cheat death v expr | (escape [sth] life-threatening) | 死を免れる、危機を脱する 自動
HHiraganaしをまぬがれる、ききをだっする |
| | The dog cheated death in running across the busy street. |
| | 犬は車通りの多い道を駆けていったが、なんとか死を免れた。 |
crib death (US),
cot death (UK) n | colloquial (sudden infant death syndrome) | 乳幼児突然死、SIDS 名
HHiraganaにゅうようじとつぜんし、しず |
| death certificate n | (official record of [sb]'s death) | 死亡証明書 名
HHiraganaしぼうしょうめいしょ |
| | I received my father's death certificate in the mail about a month after he passed. |
| | 父が亡くなってから約1ヶ月後に死亡証明書を受け取りました。 |
| death chamber n | (gas chamber) | 死刑執行室 名
HHiraganaしけいしっこうしつ |
| death date n | (day on which [sb] died) | 死亡年月日 名
HHiraganaしぼうねんがっぴ |
| | I have been able to track down his birth date but I can't find a record of his death date. |
| death date n | (anniversary of death date) | 命日 名
HHiraganaめいにち |
| death knell n | figurative (sign of imminent demise) | 弔鐘 名
HHiraganaちょうしょう |
| | The CD format sounded the death knell for cassettes. |
| Death Knight n | (game character) (ゲームキャラクター) | デス・ナイト 名
HHiraganaです・ないと |
| death notice n | (card: announces [sb] has died) | 死亡通知 名
HHiraganaしぼうつうち |
| | The death notice was on black card, edged with gold. |
| death notice n | (obituary) | 訃報告知、死亡広告 名
HHiraganaふほうこくち、しぼうこうこく |
| | I didn't even realize she'd been ill until I saw the death notice in the newspaper. |
| death penalty n | (capital punishment) | 死刑、極刑 名
HHiraganaしけい、きょっけい |
| | His sentence was the death penalty. |
| | 彼に下された判決は死刑だった。 |
| death rate n | (number of people dying) | 死亡率 名
HHiraganaしぼうりつ |
| | A country's population increases if the birth rate is higher than the death rate. |
| death row n | (prison cell block) | 死刑囚監房 名
HHiraganaしけいしゅうかんぼう |
| | Some of the most violent criminals of our time are sitting on death row. |
| | 現代の最も残酷な犯罪者の中には、死刑囚監房に収監されている者もいる。 |
| death sentence n | (law: punishment of execution) | 死刑、死刑宣告［判決］ 名
HHiraganaしけい、しけいせんこく［はんけつ］ |
| death stare n | slang, figurative (hostile look) (比喩) | 死のまなざし 名
HHiraganaしのまなざし |
| | (俗語) | ガンを飛ばす、ガンつける 動詞句
HHiraganaがんをとばす、がんつける |
| | I got the death stare from Alice when she saw me flirting with her boyfriend. |
| death tax n | often plural (law: payable after death) | 相続税 名
HHiraganaそうぞくぜい |
| | After Lou's heirs paid death tax, there was virtually nothing left of his inheritance. |
| | 相続税を払ったら、ルーの遺産はほとんど残っていなかった。 |
| death threat n | (statement of intent to kill [sb]) | 死の脅迫、死の脅し 名
HHiraganaしのきょうはく、しのおどし |
| | He has received death threats because of his opposition to the new immigration law. |
| death toll n | (total number of deaths) | 死者数 名
HHiraganaししゃすう |
| | The death toll from the earthquake is rising rapidly as more and more bodies are found. |
| | 次々と死体が見つかり、自身の死者数は急速に増加している。 |
| deathbed n | (bed of a dying person) | 死の床、臨終、死に際 名
HHiraganaしのとこ、りんじゅう、しにぎわ |
| | All of the children were called to their father's deathbed. |
| do [sth] to death v expr | informal, figurative, often passive (overdo [sth], do [sth] too often) | 死ぬほど～する、うんざりするほど～する 表現
HHiraganaしぬほど～する、うんざりするほど～する |
| | Hollywood has done vampire movies to death. |
| early death n | (death before reaching old age) | 若死、早期死亡 名
HHiraganaわかし、そうきしぼう |
| | His smoking habit led to an early death. |
freeze,
freeze to death vi | figurative (person: get very cold) (比喩/体が) | 凍りつく 、 （寒くて）ゾッとする 自動
HHiraganaこおりつく 、 （さむくて）ぞっとする |
| | Kate's friend was taking ages to open the door. "Hurry up," Kate shouted. "Let me in before I freeze!" |
| freeze to death v expr | (die of extreme cold) | 凍死する、凍え死ぬ 自動
HHiraganaとうしする、こごえじぬ |
| | It's so cold out here I think I'm going to freeze to death. |
| have a death wish vi | informal (behave in a reckless way) | 向こう見ずな行動をする
HHiraganaむこうみずなこうどうをする |
| | He drives that car as though he has a death wish. |
| have a death wish vi | (psychiatry: a wish for death of self or another) | 自殺願望を持つ、死にたいと思う 自動
HHiraganaじさつがんぼうをもつ、しにたいとおもう |
| | The prisoner was observed round the clock in case he had a death wish. |
| in the face of death adv | (when confronted with the possibility of death) | 死を目の前にして 副
HHiraganaしをめのまえにして |
| | A bullfighter stands in the face of death every time he goes into the ring. |
| kiss of death n | figurative ([sth] with a destructive effect) (比喩) | 死の接吻 名
HHiraganaしのせっぷん |
| | | 命取りになるもの 名
HHiraganaいのちとりになるもの |
| | This timeslot has proved to be the kiss of death for many previous programs. |
| life-or-death n as adj | (with death as possible result) | 生きるか死ぬかの 連体句
HHiraganaいきるかしぬかの |
| | | 生死をかかった 動詞句
HHiraganaせいしをかかった |
| life-or-death n as adj | figurative (extremely important) | 生きるか死ぬかの、のるかそるかの 連体句
HHiraganaいきるかしぬかの、のるかそるかの |
| living death n | (joyless existence or experience) | 生き地獄 名
HHiraganaいきじごく |
| | Sitting in history class was living death. |
| natural death n | (death resulting from natural causes) | 自然死 名
HHiraganaしぜんし |
| | My grandfather was killed in an accident, but my grandmother died a natural death. |
| on pain of death adv | (on the threat of execution) | 違反すると死刑に処す条件で 副
HHiraganaいはんするとしけいにしょすじょうけんで |
| | Don't tell anyone we're eloping, on pain of death! |
out of the jaws of death,
from the jaws of death adv | figurative (out of mortal danger) | 生命の危険、死地 名
HHiraganaせいめいのきけん、しち |
| | (比喩) | 死の顎 名
HHiraganaしのあぎと |
| | In the last scene, the hero snatches the heroine from the jaws of death just in time. |
| put [sb] to death v expr | often passive (execute) | ～を処刑する 他動
HHiragana～をしょけいする |
| | In the past, criminals were often put to death in the most brutal manner. |
| sentence of death n | (being condemned to execution) | 死刑宣告、死の判決 名
HHiraganaしけいせんこく、しのはんけつ |
| | The judge passed a sentence of death on the convicted murderer. |
| | 裁判官は有罪判決を受けた殺人犯に死刑宣告を出した。 |
| SIDS n | acronym (sudden infant death syndrome) | 乳児突然死症候群、SIDS 名
HHiraganaにゅうじとつぜんししょうこうぐん、しず |
| sudden infant death syndrome n | (death of a baby during sleep) | 乳幼児突然死症候群、SIDS 名
HHiraganaにゅうようじとつぜんししょうこうぐん、しず |
| sudden-death overtime n | (sport: tiebreak period) (スポーツ) | サドンデス 名
HHiraganaさどんです |
| violent death n | (loss of life due to accident or attack) | 暴行死 名
HHiraganaぼうこうし |
| | He suffered a violent death at the hands of an unknown attacker. |