死体

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 死体, read したい, denotes the body of a person or animal after death.
• Basic usage: It names a human body found in a mystery and a preserved small-animal carcass in a museum.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• A dead body in human or animal contexts
  • It commonly names a dead human body but can also describe an animal specimen; the examples are fictional and museum-based.