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早世

早世

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 早逝.
(This term, 早世, is a variant form of 早逝.)

Japanese

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

Noun

早世 (hiragana そうせい, romaji sōsei)

  1. a premature death, an untimely death

Verb

早世する (hiragana そうせいする, romaji sōsei suru)

  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


Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

早世 (jose) (hangeul 조세)

  1. Hanja form? of 조세, “untimely death”.