death / (law, historical) one of the five punishments under the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system, the methods used are 絞 (kō, “strangling”) and 斬 (zan, “decapitation”)

何方: which way? / 何方: which one? (usually between two things)

inevitably, certainly

何方様, どちら様: (honorific) who

death, to die / dead, unfunctional / life-or-death situation / dangerous, life-threatening / (baseball) out

death; dead

(uncommon) inevitable decline

mortality, the inevitability of death

the Dead Sea

to be electrocuted