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death certificate; death notification
An official document submitted to a municipal office to register a person's death. Required by law in Japan within seven days of the death.
死亡届を提出する。
To submit a death notification.
死亡届は七日以内に届け出なければならない。
A death notification must be submitted within seven days.
医師の死亡診断書と一緒に死亡届を役所に持って行った。
I took the death notification along with the doctor's death certificate to the municipal office.
A compound of 死亡 (death) and 届 (notification/report). In the Japanese civil registration system (戸籍), a 死亡届 must be filed with the local municipal office (市区町村役場) to officially register a death.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 死亡届を出す: to file a death notification
- 死���届を提出する: to submit a death notification (formal)
- 死亡届を受理する: to accept a death notification
RELATED TERMS:
- 出生届: birth registration
- 婚姻届: marriage registration
- 死亡診断書: medical death certificate (issued by a doctor)
- 戸籍: family register