Meaning

Primary

Brain Death

Alternative

Brain Dead

Word Type

noun, の adjective

Explanation

If your brain is dead you have brain death.

Reading

のうし
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well.

Context

Context Sentences

母が脳死じょうたいになった時、父は「何が起きるか分からない、それが人生だ」と自分に言い聞かせるように言いました。

When my mom went brain dead, my dad said, "You never know what will happen next—that's life," as if he was trying to tell himself.

脳内出血は、脳卒中につながり、最悪脳死を引き起こす可能性があります。

Brain hemorrhaging may lead to stroke and, finally, brain death.

昨年イギリスで、脳死と判定された人のうち2~3人の人が息を吹き返し、さらに昏睡状態の間の会話を一部覚えていたという。

I heard a few people who were considered brain dead came back to life in the UK last year and they remembered parts of conversations from when they were unconscious.

Kanji Composition