畳たたみの上うえで死しぬ

expression, godan verb (-nu)

die a natural death; die in one's own bed

Idiomatic expression evoking the image of dying peacefully at home on a tatami mat, as opposed to a sudden or violent death elsewhere.

• 祖そ父ふは畳たたみの上うえで死しにたいと言いっていた。

  My grandfather said he wanted to die a natural death at home.

• 畳たたみの上うえで死しぬのが一いち番ばん幸しあわせだと思おもう人ひとも多おおい。

  Many people think that dying in one's own bed is the happiest way to go.