kodokushi, lonely death

to die a lonely death, die alone

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”)

lonely

loneliness / solitude

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend

he; boyfriend

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

death; dead