とびおりじさつ

Japanese
Alternative spellings
飛び降り自殺
飛降り自殺
飛び下り自殺
飛下り自殺

Etymology

From 飛(と)び降(お)り (tobiori, “jumping down”, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 飛(と)び降(お)りる (tobioriru, “to jump down; to jump”).) + 自殺(じさつ) (jisatsu, “suicide”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) とびおりじ​さつ [tòbíórí jíꜜsàtsù] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [to̞bʲio̞ɾʲi d͡ʑisa̠t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

とびおりじさつ • (tobiori jisatsu) 

  1. suicide by jumping

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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