事こと切きれる

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

pass away; breathe one's last; die

A somewhat literary or euphemistic expression for dying, often used in narrative or formal contexts.

• 祖そ父ふは静しずかに事こと切きれた。

  My grandfather passed away quietly.

• 病びょう院いんに着ついたときには、彼かれはすでにこと切きれていた。

  By the time we arrived at the hospital, he had already breathed his last.