shinju

These suicides of lovers are termed 'joshi' or 'shinju' -- (both words being written with the same Chinese characters) - signifying 'heart - death,' 'passion-death,' or 'love-death.'

Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877

Some have speculated that it has echoes of "shinju," the Japanese tradition of group suicide in which those bound together by love choose to remain together in death.

Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion 2009

When I was a reporter, I covered a case of "oyako shinju," child-parent suicide/killing.

Motive for Murder 2007

Still longing for the academic life, he seizes the chance to investigate a mysterious shinju, a double love suicide - against the wishes of his master, the Magistrate of Edo.

The Monday Morning "It's Sunny Out, And I'm In The Office" Review - Shinju marypcb 2002

Was it _shinju [u] _ -- a mutual suicide to insure happiness together in the next life?

Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2

Only yesterday a case of shinju startled this quiet city.

Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877

There is a fatalistic belief that if one shinju occurs among the inmates of a joroya, two more are sure to follow.

Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877

'Well, it is a characteristic shinju letter,' my friend comments, after

Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877

It is used especially in relation to shinju, or lovers 'suicide.

In Ghostly Japan Lafcadio Hearn 1877

Doubtless the belief itself is the cause that cases of shinju do commonly occur in series of three.

Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877