Word Meaning 死に水を取る

しにみずをとる shi ni mizu o toru

死に水を取る is read as しにみずをとる (shi ni mizu o toru) and means to wet the lips of a dying person.

Meaning

English

to wet the lips of a dying person
to attend someone's last moments

Reading

Kana

しにみずをとる

Romaji

shi ni mizu o toru

Stroke Sequence

6 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Proverb ✓ Rank 63028 Priority J

Related Vocabulary

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取水

しゅすい

drawing water from river or lake

水死

すいし

death by drowning

死んだ子の年を数える

しんだこのとしをかぞえる

crying over spilt milk

死中に活を求める

しちゅうにかつをもとめる

to search for a way out of a potentially fatal situation

死に変わる

しにかわる

to die and be reborn as something else

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

死に至る

しにいたる

to result in death

死に至らしめる

しにいたらしめる

to cause someone's death

死亡

しぼう

death

死産

しざん

stillbirth

死球

しきゅう

pitch that hits the batter

死因

しいん

cause of death