Japanese

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Kanji in this term
きょう
Grade: S

Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(きょう)() (kyōshiきやうし (kyausi)?

  1. dying insane; a death marked by madness
    Synonym: 狂い死に (kuruijini)

Verb

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(きょう)()する (kyōshi suruきやうし (kyausi)?intransitive suru (stem (きょう)() (kyōshi shi), past (きょう)()した (kyōshi shita))

  1. to die insane
    Synonym: 狂い死にする (kuruijini suru)
    • 1949, 坂口安吾, 精神病覚え書[1], 青空文庫:
      [] (よん)(じゅう)ぐらいの(おんな)(のう)(ばい)(どく)(かん)(じゃ)は、もう(にく)(たい)(りょく)がなくて、マラリヤ(りょう)(ほう)(ほどこ)()ず、()(かた)なしに、ペニシリンを()ったり、(じん)(こう)(えい)(よう)などで、ようやく()きて、()(ほう)(じょう)(たい)(ろう)()をうろついている()(まつ)であった。こういう(かん)(じゃ)(けっ)(きょく)(きょう)()する()(がい)()(かた)がないということであった。
      [] yonjū gurai no onna no nōbaidoku kanja wa, mō nikutairyoku ga nakute, marariya ryōhō o hodokoshiezu, shikata nashi ni, penishirin o uttari, jinkō eiyō nado de, yōyaku ikite, chihō jōtai de rōka o urotsuite iru shimatsu de atta. Kō iu kanja wa kekkyoku kyōshi suru igai ni shikata ga nai to iu koto de atta.
      [] the forty-something-year-old woman with cerebral syphilis had no physical strength and could not undergo malariotherapy, so having no other choice, she was administered penicillin and narrowly survived with artificial nourishment, but ended up roaming the halls in a demented state. Supposedly, it was inevitable that such patients would ultimately die insane.

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