死人

Noun

 * 1) dead person
 * 2) corpse
 * 3)  unpleasant person; bastard; son of a bitch
 * 1) corpse
 * 2)  unpleasant person; bastard; son of a bitch
 * 1)  unpleasant person; bastard; son of a bitch

Synonyms




Verb

 * 1)  a person dies
 * 2)  to make people die; to be dangerous
 * 1)  to make people die; to be dangerous

Adjective

 * 1)  damn; wretched; stupid; goddamn
 * 2)  awful
 * 1)  awful

Adverb

 * 1)  to death; to be ... enough to make people die, an intensifying suffix; an augmented form of "adj. + 人" phrases (usually expressing frustration, discomfort, surprise)
 * 2)  very; rather; quite
 * 1)  very; rather; quite
 * 1)  very; rather; quite
 * 1)  very; rather; quite

Adverb

 * 1)  very; really; badly placed after the adjective

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) a dead person, the dead
 * (2003) vol. 6, chapter 40 最終的な想像 5, page 59:

Synonyms

 * See Thesaurus:死人

Idioms

 * : “the dead have no mouths” → the dead cannot speak: dead men tell no tales ; alternatively, the dead cannot speak up if the living blame them for things
 * : “telling lies on a dead person” → to lie and pin the blame on a dead person
 * : “words at a dead person” → to lie and pin the blame on a dead person
 * : “there are definitely demons around a dead person” → it is bad luck to be around a dead person, as the spirits of the deceased become demons and hang around
 * : “to raise the dead and put meat on their bleached bones” → a metaphor for how strongly one feels gratitude and indebtedness to another person, that they would go so far as to bring them back to life
 * : “to use a dead person as evidence” → to rely on the actions or speech of someone now dead as evidence, even when it is unclear if the dead person actually did or said those things: to base one's case on shaky grounds

Coordinate terms

 * : a corpse, a dead body

Etymology 2
Compound of.

Noun

 * 1)  a dead person, the dead

Usage notes
The shinin reading is more common in modern Japanese when this term is used in isolation. The shibito reading is common in certain derived compounds.

Derived terms

 * : “dead man's pillow”: alternate name for :, or heal-all, an edible herb
 * : “dead man's flower”: alternate name for :, or , a kind of flower
 * : “dead person's color”: a deathly pallor, an unhealthy blueish pale color
 * : “dead man's herb”: alternate name for :, or , a kind of flower
 * : “dead person's carrier” → a pallbearer, someone who helps carry the coffin in a funeral procession
 * : “dead person's turn-back” → in kabuki, a somersault performed from a standing position, done by a character who has just been killed by a sword

Etymology 3
Compound of 🇰🇲.

Noun

 * 1)  a dead person, the dead

Usage notes
The shinin reading is more common in modern Japanese.