LingakuFrequency rank: 9,006. – 9,019.
- (on the) verge of death
noun (common) (futsuumeishi); nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
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The battlefield was full of the dead and the dying.
4. いしゃ医者は、そのひんしひん死のおとこ男は、すうじかん数時間まえに前にふつう普通ならしんでしまっている死んでしまっているところだといっているが、そのおとこ男は、いぜん、しに死にいどんでいる挑んでいる。
The doctors say the dying man should have kicked the bucket hours ago, were he an ordinary man, but he is still defying death.
The dying man made an effort to say something, but could not.