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亡くなる — meaning in English

nakunaru

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English meaning

  • decease noun Death, departure from life.
  • deceased adj No longer alive; dead — usually said of a person, as a more formal or gentle alternative to "dead."
  • die verb To stop living; to reach the end of life.

Senses

亡くなる is used for these senses in English:

  • decease (formal, transitive) To cause to die.
  • die (intransitive) To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
  • pass away (archaic, literary) To disappear; to cease to be; to be no more.

deceased — full definition

  1. adj No longer alive; dead — usually said of a person, as a more formal or gentle alternative to "dead."
  2. noun The person or people who have died, especially in a legal, medical, or formal context.

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