死ぬ（しぬ）
JLPT N5 · Godan verb (Group 1)
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, stays high, no drop
Meaning: to die
Conjugation
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| masu-form (polite) | 死にます | しにます |
| te-form | 死んで | しんで |
| ta-form (past) | 死んだ | しんだ |
| nai-form (negative) | 死なない | しなない |
| potential form | 死ねる | しねる |
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Example sentences
- 長く飼っていた金魚が死んでしまい、悲しかった。 — The goldfish I'd kept for a long time died, and it made me sad.
- その小説では、最後に主人公が死ぬ。 — In that novel, the main character dies in the end.
Idioms & proverbs containing “死ぬ”
- 畳の上で死ぬ (たたみのうえでしぬ) — to die a natural death; to die in one's own bed
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