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死体  [したい]    meaning:  corpse  rank: 2
☆ 被害者の死体が発見された ⇨ The corpse of the victim has been found

遺体  [いたい]    meaning:  corpse  rank: 3
☆ 犠牲者の遺体が発見された ⇨ The corpse of the victim has been found  (☛ Only for human corpses. More dignified than 死体)

死骸  [しがい]    meaning:  corpse  rank: 3
☆ の死骸 ⇨ A dead body of a bird  (☛ Usually a non-human dead body in a state of decay)

  [しかばね]  [liter]    meaning:  corpse  rank: 4
☆ ける屍も同然だった ⇨ He was virtually a living corpse, dead

変死体  [へんしたい]    meaning:  corpse  rank: 4
☆ で変死体が発見された ⇨ A corpse suspected of unnatural death was discovered in the forest  (☛ A corpse in suspicious conditions)