断だん末まつ魔ま

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Meanings

1

noun

one's last moments; death throes; hour of death

Refers to the final moments of life, often with a sense of agony or struggle. Used in both literal and figurative contexts.

彼かれは断だん末まつ魔まに家か族ぞくの名な前まえを呼よんだ。
In his last moments, he called out his family's names.

その

事じ

故こ

の

犠ぎ

牲せい

者しゃ

は

断だん

末まつ

魔ま

の

苦くる

しみ

を

味あじ

わっ

た

。

The victim of the accident suffered the agonies of death.

Written forms

断だん末まつ魔まUsage100%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
断だん末まつ摩ま
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 魔 is replaced with 摩.

Kanji

断severance, decline, refuse
末end, close, tip
魔witch, demon, evil spirit
摩chafe, rub, polish

Similar words

最さい期ご
最期 is a more general term for one's last moments or end of life, without the strong connotation of agony or struggle that 断末魔 carries.
臨りん終じゅう
臨終 refers specifically to the moment of death, often in a more formal or medical context, and lacks the dramatic, painful nuance of 断末魔.

Etymology

Compound of 断 (dan, 'cut off') and 末魔 (matsuma, 'final moments'), where 末魔 is a variant of 末摩 (matsuma), itself from Buddhist terminology referring to the last moments before death. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word has been used since at least the Edo period.