単語屋Tangoya, “the word shop”
Single kanji#1,504 most used

亡くなる

なくなる0

Pitch accent · 平板 (heiban)

to die; to pass away

ITS KANJI

HOW IT SOUNDS

Polite

IN A SENTENCE

My father died at the age of forty-nine.

from Tatoeba · bunbuku

IN OTHER SENTENCES

Sadako Sasaki died on October 25, 1955.

from Tatoeba

MEANING

1

to die; to pass away

godan verb · intransitive

TANGOYA ASKS

The dictionary gives 亡くなる this one meaning.

SOUNDS THE SAME

無くなるto be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missingなくなる · not in tangoya
なくなるto be used up

DETAILS

Kind単漢字, single kanji

Frequency#1,504 most used

Written亡くなる only

Can be asked asRead, Listen, Recall, Write

Dictionary: JMdict (EDRDG), CC BY-SA 4.0 · pitch: Kanjium