凍死

• 読み: とうし
• ローマ字: toushi
• 漢字の分解: 凍 (tou) — freeze, be frozen; 死 (shi) — death, die
• 発音: /toː.ɕi/

意味

Death from cold; freezing to death. Dying due to exposure to extreme cold.

A noun and suru-verb (intransitive) used in news reports, medical contexts, and discussions about cold-weather dangers. Part of a group of cause-of-death compounds: 焼死 (shoushi, death by fire), 溺死 (dekishi, drowning), 餓死 (gashi, starvation). Appears in winter safety warnings and reports about mountaineering accidents or homelessness during cold spells.

例文

1. 冬山で凍死する事故が毎年報告されている。
2. 路上生活者の凍死を防ぐための支援が必要だ。
3. 遭難者は凍死寸前のところで救助された。

使い方ガイド

場面: news, medical, disaster reports

トーン: serious

起源と歴史

From Sino-Japanese: 凍 (tou, freeze) + 死 (shi, death). Literally 'freeze death' — death caused by freezing temperatures.

文化的背景

時代: Historical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal