obituary
JLPT N2
Usage Frequency
RARE
2379/2500

Pronunciation

Onyomi (音読み)
Kunyomi (訓読み)
しらせ

Stroke Order

Strokes: 9

Word Examples

Japanese Reading English
訃報
ふほう
fuhou
death notice
訃告
ふこく
fukoku
notification of death
訃音
ふおん
fuon
news of death
訃伝
ふでん
fuden
announcement of death
訃報を受ける
ふほうをうける
fuhou wo ukeru
to receive news of someone's death
訃い
ぶい
bui
death (euphemism)
訃告を読む
ふこくをよむ
fukoku wo yomu
to read a death notice
訃を知る
ふをしる
fu wo shiru
to learn of a death
訃音を聞く
ふおんをきく
fuon wo kiku
to hear news of death
訃報が届く
ふほうがとどく
fuhou ga todoku
news of death arrives

Example Sentences

彼は訃報を受けた。
かれはふほうをうけた。
Kare wa fuhou wo uketa.
He received the death notice.
訃告を読むのはつらい。
ふこくをよむのはつらい。
Fukoku wo yomu no wa tsurai.
Reading the death notification is painful.