Kyūjitai form of 安楽死: euthanasia

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”)

pain, suffering, sorrows

(slang) abnormal, mentally ill

sickness / ill, sick

to select; to choose / to elect / to screen

release / liberation / emancipation

liberation, absolution

method of euthanasia

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