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A4 Noun

集団(しゅうだん)自決(じけつ)self suicide, determining ones own fate (term used for killing oneself rather than being killed in war)

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      group suicide, mass suicide

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    集団自決 【しゅうだんじけつ】

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      戦争(せんそう)(なか)()えに(くる)しんだ(ひと)々が集団(しゅうだん)自決(じけつ)をした。

      During the war, people suffering from hunger committed mass suicide.

      捕虜(ほりょ)たちは集団(しゅうだん)自決(じけつ)をして(くる)しみから解放(かいほう)されました。

      The prisoners committed mass suicide and were freed from suffering.

      警察(けいさつ)包囲(ほうい)され、その宗教(しゅうきょう)信者(しんじゃ)たちが集団(しゅうだん)自決(じけつ)をしたのだ。

      Surrounded by the police, the followers of that religion committed mass suicide.

        集団(しゅうだん)自決(じけつ)をした(あや)しい宗教(しゅうきょう)団体(だんたい)のリーダーが行方(ゆくえ)をくらましている。

        The leader of the suspicious religious group that committed mass suicide is missing.

          疫病(やくびょう)()われた(かれ)らは冷酷(れいこく)村長(そんちょう)集団(しゅうだん)自決(じけつ)(うなが)されたということです。

          They were reportedly urged to commit mass suicide by the cruel village chief while being pressured by the epidemic.

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