Word Meaning 死に損い

しにぞこない shi ni zokonai

死に損い is read as しにぞこない (shi ni zokonai) and means person who has escaped death.

Meaning

English

  1. person who has escaped death
  2. failed suicide
  3. person who has outlived their time
  4. dotard
  5. doddering old man

Reading

Kana

しにぞこない

Romaji

shi ni zokonai

Writing Variants

  • 死に損い しにそこない shi ni sokonai
  • 死に損ない しにそこない shi ni sokonai
  • 死に損ない しにぞこない shi ni zokonai

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 85634 Priority N

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

死重的損失

しじゅうてきそんしつ

deadweight loss

死に損なう

しにそこなう

to survive (when others died)

死に物狂い

しにものぐるい

desperation

死角

しかく

blind spot (e.g. of a driver)

死線

しせん

deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)

死の灰

しのはい

lethal radioactive fallout

死に身

しにみ

at the risk of one's life

死人担ぎ

しびとかつぎ

carrying a casket

死の谷

しのたに

valley of death (barrier between product development and commercialization stages)

死産児

しざんじ

stillborn baby

死一等を減ずる

しいっとうをげんずる

to commute a death sentence to life imprisonment

死蔵

しぞう

hoarding