屍臭 (シシュー)
Shishuu · ししゅー — putrid smell of a corpse
Other ways to say “putrid smell of a corpse” in Japanese →
屍臭 in rōmaji: shishuu, also spelled shishu.
| 表層形 (Surface) |
屍臭
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| 見出し語 (Lemma) |
死臭
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| 読み (Reading) |
シシュー
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| 品詞 (POS) |
名詞・普通名詞・一般・*
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| 活用型 (Conj. Type) |
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| 活用形 (Conj. Form) |
*
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| 表記 (Orthography) |
屍臭
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| 読み・基本形 |
シシュー
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| 表記・基本形 |
屍臭
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| 見出し語の読み |
シシュウ
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Used in formal or literary contexts, especially in crime reports, horror fiction, or forensic discussions, to describe the smell of a decaying body.
現場には強い屍臭が漂っていた。
Genba ni wa tsuyoi shishuu ga tadayotte ita.
A strong smell of a corpse hung in the air at the scene.
彼はその部屋から屍臭を感じ取った。
Kare wa sono heya kara shishuu o kanjitoru.
He sensed the putrid smell of a corpse from that room.
⚖️ Often confused with '腐臭' (fusyuu), which is just a general rotting smell, not specifically of a corpse.
屍臭 means “putrid smell of a corpse” — full definition & examples →