今いまわ

noun

one's last moments; hour of death

A somewhat literary or solemn word for the final moments of life. Often used in fixed expressions like 今わの際 (いまわのきわ).

• 彼かれは今いまわの際きわに家か族ぞくの名な前まえを呼よんだ。

  At the hour of his death, he called out his family's names.

• 今いまわの言こと葉ばを聞きき逃のがすまいと耳みみを澄すませた。

  I strained my ears not to miss his last words.