死者

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 死者(ししゃ) denotes someone who has died and is also used when counting fatalities in an accident or disaster.
• Basic usage: It states that there were injuries but no fatalities.
  • 事故による死者はなく、三人が軽いけがをした。

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• The deceased and the injured
  • 死者 refers to people who have died, and 負傷者(ふしょうしゃ) to people injured. 死傷者(ししょうしゃ) combines both categories.
• A deceased person and the event of death
  • In 死者に黙祷をささげる, the word identifies the people being remembered. 死亡(しぼう) refers to death as a fact or event, rather than to a person.