Illustration: In a modest Japanese apartment, two adult bodies lie beside one another beneath separate plain coverings, with only their still hands visible near the space between them. A family photograph on a low shelf shows the same adults together during an ordinary outing.

Beyond N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

心しん中じゅう

shinjuu

double suicide

Example sentences

  1. 曽根崎そねざきには心中しんじゅうが多おおいと聞ききました。

    I heard there were many double suicides in Sonezaki.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 正体しょうたいは心中しんじゅうした男女だんじょであり、死後しごは別々べつべつの寺てらに葬ほうむられたことから、火ひの玉たまとなって落おち合あっていると伝つたえられている。

    It is said that the fire balls are actually a man and a woman who jointly committed suicide, and they meet each other as fire balls since they were buried in different temples.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 離はなれ離ばなれになるのを悲かなしむ小春こはると治兵衛じへえは二度にどと会あえなくなるようならその時ときは共ともに死しのうと心中しんじゅうの誓ちかいを交かわした。

    Koharu and Jihe who felt sorrow for getting separated exchanged vows of committing love suicide when it became impossible to meet again.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 心中

  • 心heart; mindOnシンKunこころ
  • 中in; insideOnチュウKunなか・うち・あたる

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