身投げ

Reading

Kana: みなげ

Romaji: minage

Definition

noun

vs

1

throwing oneself (e.g. into the water to commit suicide)

Kanji

身

Readings: シン、 み

Meanings: somebody, person, one's station in life

投

Readings: トウ、 な.げる、 -な.げ

Meanings: throw, discard, abandon, launch into, join, invest in, hurl, give up, sell at a loss

Example Sentence

彼女(かのじょ)はある湖(みずうみ)に身投(みな)げした。

➥She drowned herself in some lake.