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Breakdown of shinu
death
死
Death dines on a spoon of decay.
Usages of shinu
私 も 死にません でした。watashi mo shinimasen deshita.
I did not die either.
女王 も 死にました。joou mo shinimashita.
The queen died as well.
薬 を 飲まなかった 男 は 死んだ。kusuri o nomanakatta otoko wa shinda.
The man who didn't take the medicine died.
死んじゃ いけない。shinja ikenai.
You must not die.
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