expression, noun
deadly disease; terminal illness
A disease that leads to death; often used in serious or literary contexts. Also the Japanese title of Kierkegaard's 'The Sickness Unto Death'.
彼は死に至る病にかかっていると宣告された。
He was diagnosed with a terminal illness.
キルケゴールの『死に至る病』は実存主義の重要な著作だ。
Kierkegaard's 'The Sickness Unto Death' is an important work of existentialism.
Phrase composed of 死に (continuative form of 死ぬ 'to die') + 至る 'to lead to' + 病 'disease'. The expression is a direct translation of the Danish title 'Sygdommen til Døden' by Søren Kierkegaard.