ひんし
Meanings
Adjective (の)
Noun
1. (on the) verge of death
Pitch accent
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Composed of
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
Used in vocabulary (1 in total)
moribund state; near-death; barely alive condition
Examples (1 in total)
The dying man made an effort to say something, but could not.