Chinese

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For pronunciation and definitions of – see 早逝 (“to die young; to meet an untimely demise”).
(This term is a variant form of 早逝).

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
そう
Grade: 1
せい
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

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(そう)(せい) (sōsei

  1. a premature death, an untimely death

Verb

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(そう)(せい)する (sōsei surusuru (stem (そう)(せい) (sōsei shi), past (そう)(せい)した (sōsei shita))

  1. die young, die early
    • 1938, 倉田百三, 青春の息の痕:
      (わたし)早世(そうせい)する(きざ)しか、もはや老年期(ろうねんき)のような調和的(ちょうわてき)なものがかきたいのです。
      Watashi wa sōsei suru kizashi ka, mohaya rōnenki no yō na chōwateki na mono ga kakitai no desu.
      Maybe it's an omen of an early death, but I'd like to write something with the harmony of old age.

Conjugation

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Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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早世 (jose) (hangeul 조세)

  1. hanja form? of 조세 (untimely death)
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