死亡フラグ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
死	亡
し Grade: 3	ぼう Grade: 6
on'yomi	kan'on

Etymology

Compound of 死亡 (shibō, “death”) +‎ フラグ (furagu, “flag”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɕibo̞ː ɸɯ̟ɾa̠ɡɯ̟]

Noun

死(し)亡(ぼう)フラグ • (shibō furagu)

(fandom slang) death flag

Derived terms

死亡(しぼう)フラグが立(た)つ (shibō furagu ga tatsu)

Descendants

→ English: death flag (calque)

References

“死亡フラグ”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
“死亡フラグ” in Weblio Dictionary.