死に損ない

Japanese

Kanji in this term
死	損
し Grade: 3	そこ > ぞこ Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

• 死にぞこない

Etymology

連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 死に損なう.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しにぞこない [shìnízókónáí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕiɲ̟izo̞ko̞na̠i]

Noun

死(し)に損(ぞこ)ない or 死(し)に損(そこ)ない • (shinizokonai or shinisokonai) ^{←しにぞこなひ (sinizokonafi)?}

1. someone who survived, someone who escaped death
2. dotard