死しにそこなう
Meanings
Expression
Verb (5-dan, う, intransitive)
1. to fail to die (after attempting suicide); to fail to kill oneself; to survive (when one should have died)
Verb (5-dan, う, intransitive)
2. to come close to dying; to be almost killed; to narrowly escape death
3. to survive (when others died); to outlive others
Kanji used
death
Pitch accent
し
にそこな
う
Composed of
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to harm; to hurt; to fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing