諫かん死し

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

remonstrative suicide; dying to dissuade one's lord

Historical term for a retainer's act of committing suicide, or preparing to die, in order to remonstrate with or dissuade their feudal lord. Rare in modern usage; appears mainly in historical or literary contexts.

• 戦せん国ごく時じ代だいには、家か臣しんが主しゅ君くんをいさめるために諫かん死しすることがあった。

  In the Warring States period, there were cases where retainers committed remonstrative suicide to dissuade their lord.

• 彼かれは主しゅ君くんの暴ぼう政せいを止とめようと諫かん死しを覚かく悟ごした。

  He prepared to die in an effort to stop his lord's tyranny.