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亡くなる

JLPT N4 · Vocabulary

亡くなる — “to die, to pass away”

亡くなる (read なくなる) means to die, to pass away. It appears on the JLPT N4 vocabulary list and is a verb.

Reading

なくなる

Meaning

to die, to pass away

亡くなる in a sentence

祖父そふは去年きょねん亡くなりなくなりました。

My grandfather passed away last year.

The kanji in 亡くなる

亡to die; to lose

Words that share a kanji with 亡くなる

死亡しぼう— death
亡くすなくす— to lose (a loved one to death)

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