敢かん死し

noun

preparedness for death; readiness to die

Archaic noun expressing a resolute acceptance of death, often in a martial or self-sacrificial context. Compare with 決死 (けっし), which is the modern equivalent.

See also: 決死

• 「敢かん死し」は、決けっ死しの覚かく悟ごを表あらわす古ふるい言こと葉ばとして辞じ書しょに載のっている。

  敢死 is listed in dictionaries as an old word expressing a determination to die.