起き死し

noun

saving from the brink of death; reviving from a critical state

Rarely used alone; almost always appears in the four-character compound 起死回生 (きしかいせい), meaning a dramatic recovery or revival from a hopeless situation.

• 「起き死し」は単たん独どくではあまり使つかわれず、普ふ通つうは「起き死し回かい生せい」という四よ字じ熟じゅく語ごの中なかで見みかける。

  起死 is rarely used alone; it is normally seen in the four-character idiom 起死回生.