死屍累累

Japanese

Kanji in this term
死	屍	累	累
し Grade: 3	し Hyōgaiji	るい Grade: S	るい Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
死屍累々

Etymology

死屍(しし) (shishi, “dead body, corpse”) + 累累(るいるい) (ruirui, “in heaps”)

Adjective

死(し)屍(し)累(るい)累(るい) • (shishiruirui) ^†-tari (adnominal 死(し)屍(し)累(るい)累(るい)とした (shishiruirui to shita) or 死(し)屍(し)累(るい)累(るい)たる (shishiruirui taru), adverbial 死(し)屍(し)累(るい)累(るい)と (shishiruirui to) or 死(し)屍(し)累(るい)累(るい)として (shishiruirui to shite))

1. heaps of corpses all around