"death" meaning in Japanese

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Verb

IPA: [de̞sɨ̥ᵝ] 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)

Download JSON data for death meaning in Japanese (2.3kB)

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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, page 32",
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