しきょ
Shikyo
死去 (Shikyo) is a Japanese noun meaning “death, decease, passing away”.
Meanings
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbdeath; decease; passing away
Examples
私は新聞で彼の死去のことを知った。
I read about his death in the paper.
国民全体は国王死去の報を聞いて悲しんだ。
The whole nation was sad to hear that their king died.
ノーベル賞受賞者湯川博士は１９８１年に死去した。
Dr. Yukawa, the Nobel prize winner, died in 1981.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).