Shinjū

Shinjū is a Japanese term usually referring to double-suicide of individuals bound by love (couples, parents, children, siblings, friends...), but can mean more than two people. The term muri-shinjū refers to murder–suicide.

Quotes

• Woah woah yeah
  心中は一人ではできない
  [..]
  二人ならできる
  心中　心中　心中心中
  Let's go!
  心中[..]
  るるるる
  心中一人でじゃできない
  Woah woah
  でもでも
  二人ならできる
  • Woah woah yeah/You can't commit shinjū alone/[...]/But you can commit it as two/Shinjū, shinjū, shinjū shinjū/Let's go!/Shinjū[...]/Lulululu/You can't commit shinjū alone/Woah woah/But, but/But you can commit it as two
  • Osamu Dazai (character), Bungo Stray Dogs, Episodes 3 & 9
  • Although the lyrics are a bit obvious, this is a good example of shinjū in Japanese media. The character has been shown to want to commit shinjū with a beautiful woman.

• She lay down beside me, Towards dawn she pronounced for the first time the word “death.” She too seemed to be weary beyond endurance of the task of being a human being; and when I reflected on my dread of the world and its bothersomeness, on money, the movement, women, my studies, it seemed impossible that I could go on living. I consented easily to her proposal.
  • Osamu Dazai, No Longer Human (1948)

• I see two lovers looking over the edge of the cauldron of hell. Are they contemplating a double suicide? This means their love will end in hell. I couldn't stop laughing.
  • Banana Yoshimoto, Kitchen (1988)