巨きょ星せい墜おつ

expression, nidan verb (upper class) with 'tsu' ending (archaic)

a great man dies; a great star falls

Archaic literary expression used to announce the death of a prominent figure, often in newspaper headlines or formal tributes. The verb 墜つ is an archaic Nidan form equivalent to modern 落ちる.

• 新しん聞ぶんの見み出だしに「巨きょ星せい墜おつ」とあった。

  The newspaper headline read, 'A great star has fallen.'

• 彼かれの死しを悼いたみ、人ひと々びとは「巨きょ星せい墜おつ」と口くちにした。

  Mourning his death, people said, 'A great man has passed away.'