godan verb (-su), transitive verb
let die; allow to die; kill (indirectly)
Transitive verb meaning to cause someone or something to die, often through neglect, inaction, or by not preventing death. Stronger than 死なせる and can imply a more direct or forceful causation, sometimes used in dialect or older speech.
水をやらなくて花を死なせてしまった。
I let the flowers die by not watering them.
彼は
He left the injured person to die.