慙ざん死し

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

dying of shame; being so ashamed one wants to die

Literary and rare; expresses extreme shame or mortification, often in a figurative sense. Used in classical or formal contexts.

• 彼かれは自じ分ぶんの過あやまちを恥はじて、慙ざん死しする思おもいだった。

  He felt so ashamed of his mistake that he wanted to die.

• 慙ざん死しに堪たえない失しっ態たいを演えんじてしまった。

  I committed a blunder that I can hardly bear the shame of.