Gas suicide - gasujisatsu

Japanese: ガス自殺 - がすじさつ
Gas suicide - gasujisatsu

...When someone dies in the mountains or elsewhere with a string-like object tied to a tree branch, even if the body has turned to a skeleton and the string-like object has disappeared, pressure marks may remain on the tree branch, which may be the determining factor of hanging. In cases of gas suicide, the person may have died with the room sealed up or a rubber tube tucked into their futon. In such cases, the room may fill with gas, which may ignite due to a spark from an electrical appliance such as a refrigerator, causing an explosion and flames, making it difficult to distinguish this from an accident. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "gas suicide" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…山などで木の枝に紐状物をかけて死亡したものでは,死体が白骨化し,紐状物もなくなった場合でも,木の枝に圧迫痕が残っていることがあり,縊首の決め手になることがある。ガス自殺の場合は,部屋に目張りをしていたり,布団の中にゴム管を引き込んで死亡していることがある。この場合,部屋にガスが充満し,冷蔵庫などの電気製品の火花により引火し,爆発炎上することがあり,事故との区別が困難なことがある。…

※「ガス自殺」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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