夭よう逝せい

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

premature death; dying young

Literary term for dying at a young age. Used in formal or written contexts, often with a somber tone.

• 彼かれは二十歳はたちで夭よう逝せいした。

  He died young at the age of twenty.

• 夭よう逝せいした天てん才さい画が家かの作さく品ひんが展てん示じされている。

  Works by a genius painter who died young are on display.