Word Meaning 死に損なう

しにそこなう shi ni sokonau

死に損なう is read as しにそこなう (shi ni sokonau) and means to survive (when others died).

Meaning

English

  1. to survive (when others died)
  2. to outlive others
  3. to come close to dying
  4. to be almost killed
  5. to narrowly escape death
  6. to fail to die (after attempting suicide)
  7. to fail to kill oneself
  8. to survive (when one should have died)

Reading

Kana

しにそこなう

Romaji

shi ni sokonau

Writing Variants

  • 死にそこなう しにそこなう shinisokonau

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 28 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Synonyms 死に遅れる,死に後れる Rank 86764 Priority N

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

死重的損失

しじゅうてきそんしつ

deadweight loss

死に損い

しにぞこない

person who has escaped death

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

死なば諸共

しなばもろとも

die all together