命いのちを落おとす

expression, godan verb (-su)

lose one's life; die

A somewhat formal or literary expression for dying, often used in news reports or serious contexts. Implies death due to an accident, disaster, or other external cause rather than natural causes.

• その事じ故こで多おおくの人ひとが命いのちを落おとした。

  Many people lost their lives in that accident.

• 彼かれは戦せん争そうで命いのちを落おとした。

  He lost his life in the war.