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My Japanese friend used the term 自殺志願者 jokingly in a journal entry, saying she
sometimes wondered if she qualified for such a position. I could not find a
specific dictionary definition for this word, but found it translated as:

> suicide wanna-be
>
> those who want to kill oneself
>
> would-be suicide
>
> suicide volunteer/ suicide candidate (the latter being the most literal
> translation)

In common context is this word ironic? Is it a comedic term in and of itself?
If it is a common word, is it used mostly in a clinical or in a jocular way?
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Questions about the term 自殺志願者
自殺志願者 usually means its literal meaning: “a person who has a desire to commit
suicide.” Although anything can be used in an ironic way, I do not think that
it is particularly common to use this word ironically.

I have seen the word 自殺志願者 or similar words in a derogatory sense, “a person
who does such a stupid and dangerous thing that it cannot be explained unless
he/she wants to kill him/herself.”
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