- 死亡【しぼう】 - death, dying, mortality 
- 亡くなる【なくなる】 - to die, to pass away 
- 亡くす【なくす】 - to lose (through death; e.g. a wife, child) 
- 逃亡【とうぼう】 - escape, flight, running away, elopement, fleeing 
- 亡霊【ぼうれい】 - departed spirit, soul of the dead, ghost, apparition 
- 亡命【ぼうめい】 - fleeing from one's country, seeking asylum, defection, emigration (for political reasons), (going into) exile, becoming a (political) refugee 
- 滅亡【めつぼう】 - downfall, ruin, collapse, destruction 
- 亡父【ぼうふ】 - deceased father, late father 
- 亡夫【ぼうふ】 - deceased husband, late husband 
- 死亡率【しぼうりつ】 - death rate, mortality rate 
- 死亡者【しぼうしゃ】 - the deceased, deaths, persons killed 
- 存亡【そんぼう】 - life or death, existence, destiny 
- 未亡人【みぼうじん】 - widow 
- 亡き後【なきあと】 - after one's death 
- 興亡【こうぼう】 - rise and fall, ups and downs 
- 亡者【もうじゃ】 - the dead, ghost, person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.), person with a blind lust (for) 
- 亡国【ぼうこく】 - ruining a country, ruined country