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 62478 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

死に変る

しにかわる

to die and be reborn as something else

死に追いやる

しにおいやる

to drive to death (e.g. by suicide)

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