ご臨終
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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臨 | 終 |
りん Grade: 6 |
しゅう > じゅう Grade: 3 |
on’yomi |
Etymology edit
御 (go-, “honorific prefix”) + 臨終 (rinjū, “dying hour”)
Noun edit
- deathbed, dying moment, dying hour, one's last breath
Usage notes edit
This is a formal way of saying that a person has died. For example, a doctor would use this word rather than plain 死ぬ (shinu, “die”) when informing someone that their relative has just died.