死体 (shitai) means “dead body” | MotiTan Japanese Dictionary

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ニュースで、山で死体が見つかったと知りました。nyū su de yama de shi tai ga mi tsu ka tta to shi ri ma shi ta

I learned from the news that a dead body had been found in the mountains.

死体 (shitai) is a once-living body viewed after its life has ended.

遺体itai: A respectful term for the body of a deceased person, especially in formal speech or news reports.

生命を失った人や動物のからだ。sei mei o ushina tta hito ya dō butsu no ka ra da

死体 (shitai) combines 死 (shi, "death") and 体 (tai, "body"), forming a Sino-Japanese compound for a body after life has ended.

In Japanese, 死体 (shitai) applies to both people and animals, so it can describe an animal found dead on a road as well as a human body.