Meaning

Primary

Unnatural Death

Alternative

Accidental Death

Word Type

noun, verbal noun

Explanation

A strange death is one that doesn't seem right. It's an unnatural death, and probably an accidental death (ie wasn't caused by natural causes).

Reading

へんし
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well.

Context

Common Word Combinations

  • 変死体

    body of a person who has met an unnatural death

    変死者

    person who has died an unnatural death

    変死数

    number of unnatural deaths

Context Sentences

やば!「返信ください」がタイプミスでオートコレクトされて「変死してください」になってた。

Yikes! "Please reply" was mistyped and autocorrected to "Please die unnaturally."

今朝、社長が車で変死しているのが見つかったんだって!

This morning, they found the president dead in his car under unnatural circumstances!

あそこの山でエイリアンの変死体が発見されたというウワサがあります。

There's a rumor that an alien corpse was found in the mountains over there.

Kanji Composition