"death" meaning in Japanese

See death in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [de̞sɨ̥] Forms: death [canonical] (ruby: death(デス)), desu [romanization]
Etymology: Appropriation of English death for a homophone. Etymology templates: {{der|ja|en|death}} English death Head templates: {{ja-verb form|デス}} death(デス) • (desu)
  1. (slang, humorous) Alternative spelling of です (desu) Tags: alt-of, alternative, humorous, slang Alternative form of: です (extra: desu)
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          "ref": "[2000, 言語, volume 第 29 巻、第 1~4 号:",
          "text": "「なのでR」や「そうdeath」",
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          "english": "It will take about half a million more years for Kanko-kun to become special to Nihong-chan.",
          "ref": "2009, ニホンちゃんしるブプレ: 国際情勢風刺寓話集, ニホンちゃんしるブプレ, →ISBN, page 32:",
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Download raw JSONL data for death meaning in Japanese (2.2kB)

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