Word Meaning 死にそう

しにそう shinisou

死にそう is read as しにそう (shinisou) and means at some limit (pain, hunger, etc.).

Meaning

English

  1. at some limit (pain, hunger, etc.)
  2. at the point of death
  3. almost dead
  4. about to die

Reading

Kana

しにそう

Romaji

shinisou

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 101741 Priority P

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

死人

しにん

corpse

死ぬ

しぬ

to cease

死体

したい

dead body

死者

ししゃ

dead person

死去

しきょ

death

死生

しせい

life and death

死語

しご

dead language

(an) out

死後

しご

after death

死に体

しにたい

hopeless situation

死海

しかい

Dead Sea

死力

しりょく

desperate effort

Example Sentences

1

しょくぶつがみずぶそくでしにそうだ。

The plant looks like it is going to die from lack of water.