凍とう死し

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

freezing to death; death from cold

Refers to death caused by exposure to extreme cold. Commonly used as a noun or with する to describe the act of freezing to death.

• 冬ふゆ山やまで遭そう難なんし、凍とう死しする人ひとが毎まい年としいる。

  Every year, people get stranded in the winter mountains and freeze to death.

• 凍とう死しを防ふせぐためには、十じゅう分ぶんな防ぼう寒かん着ぎが必ひつ要ようだ。

  Adequate cold-weather clothing is necessary to prevent death from freezing.