| 老死 | die of old age |
| 牢死 | dying in prison |
| 早死に | premature death, untimely death, dying young |
| 犬死に | die in vain |
| 死に別れる | to be separated by death |
死に後れる 死に遅れる | to outlive |
| 死に絶える | to die out, to become extinct |
| 死に損なう | to fail to die, to survive, to outlive |
| 死の灰 | lethal radioactive fallout, atomic dust |
死して後已む 死してのちやむ 死してのち已む | to be determined to do or die, to never give up until one is dead |
| 死点 | dead point |
| 垂死 | on the verge of dying |
| 九死に一生を得る | to have a narrow escape from death |
| 死者を生かす | to revive the dead |
| 死軸 | dead axle |
死に掛かる 死にかかる | to be dying |
死に掛ける 死にかける | to be dying, to be about to die, to be close to death |
死ぬまで戦う 死ぬ迄戦う | to fight to the last (death) |
| 死魄 | waning moon |
| 死力を尽くす | to make frantic efforts |
| 死を悼む | to mourn over the death of |
| 生死の境 | between life and death |
| 窒死 | death from suffocation |
| 中毒死 | death from poisoning |
| 必死になって | desperately |
| 人を死に致す | to cause the death of a person |
| 無死 | baseball with no outs |
| 無死満塁 | bases are loaded with no outs |
| 死の商人 | merchant of death, arms dealer |
| 死活問題 | matter of life or death, life-and-death problem |
| 死亡記事 | obituary notice |
| 尊厳死 | death with dignity |
| 業務上過失致死 | professional negligence resulting in death |
| 死刑制度 | capital punishment |
| 死刑判決 | death sentence |
| 死亡給付金 | death benefit |
| 死亡証明書 | death certificate |
| 事故死 | accidental death |
| 致死注射 | lethal injection |
| 脳死判定 | declaration of brain death, determination of brain death, diagnosis of brain death |
| 幼児死亡率 | infant mortality rate |
| 幼児突然死症候群 | sudden infant death syndrome, SIDS |
| 死すべき | mortal |
| 溺れ死ぬ | to die by drowning, to drown |
| 死亡保障 | death benefit (from life insurance) |
| 畳の上で死ぬ | to die a natural death |
死屍累々 死屍累累 | heaps of corpses all around |
| 死中求活 | finding a way out of a potentially fatal situation, seeking a way out of a desperate situation |
| 生死流転 | all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth, the circle of transmigration |
| 生死輪廻 | all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth, the circle of transmigration |
| 生老病死 | the four inevitables in human life (birth, aging, sickness, and death) |