夭よう折せつ

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

premature death; dying young

Literary or formal term for dying at a young age. Often used in obituaries, biographies, or solemn contexts.

• 彼かれは二十歳はたちで夭よう折せつした。

  He died young at the age of twenty.

• 夭よう折せつした詩し人じんの作さく品ひんが再さい評ひょう価かされている。

  The works of the poet who died young are being reevaluated.