Translation

死体 / 遺体 / 死骸

Meaning

A corpse is a dead body, especially a human body. It is direct and often used in crime, medicine, horror, news, or formal description of death.

Examples

• 警察は川の近くで遺体を発見しました。
  Police found a corpse near the river.
• その小説は墓地の死体の描写から始まります。
  The novel begins with a corpse in a cemetery.