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JLPT N3suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

自じ殺さつ

jisatsu

to die by suicide

Example sentences

彼かれは自殺じさつしようとしたが、未遂みすいに終おわった。
He tried to kill himself but it ended in failure.
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彼女かのじょは昨日きのう自殺じさつした。
She killed herself yesterday.
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自殺じさつは絶望的ぜつぼうてきな行為こういだ。
Suicide is a desperate act.
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Kanji in 自殺

自oneselfOnジ・シKunみずから・おのずから・おのずと
殺kill; murderOnサツ・サイ・セツKunころす・そぐ・あやめる

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