VocabJLPT N1
death from disease
NounSuru VerbIntransitive Verb

Definitions

  1. 1. death from disease
  2. 2. death from illness
This word refers to dying as a result of illness or disease, as opposed to death by accident or other causes. It is used in medical, legal, and news contexts to describe or record the cause of a person's death.

Example sentences

Sentence 1

The attending physician determined, "This qualifies as death from natural causes."

Sentence 2

I can't take hearing that someone else has died of illness anymore!

Sentence 3

Standing in the hospital hallway, I was told my grandmother had passed away from illness.

Sentence 4

So the main character in that drama dies of illness?

Sentence 5

I heard there's also talk it wasn't illness but an accident, right?