尸し諌かん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

admonishing one's master at the cost of one's life

A historical or literary term referring to the act of remonstrating with one's lord even at the risk of death. Extremely rare in modern Japanese; primarily encountered in classical texts or discussions of samurai ethics.

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんには、家か臣しんが尸し諌かんをもって主しゅ君くんを諫いさめた話はなしが記しるされている。

  Old documents record stories of retainers admonishing their lords through 尸諌 (risking their lives to remonstrate).