死骸

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 死骸, read しがい, denotes the dead body of a person or animal, including a bird or beast.
• Basic usage: It is used for finding a dead bird and for avoiding a dead animal by the roadside in a fictional scene.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• The body after death
  • It denotes the body of a dead person or animal; the second example remains explicitly fictional.