死しに損そこなう

godan verb (-u), intransitive verb

fail to die (after attempting suicide); fail to kill oneself; survive (when one should have died)

Used when someone attempts suicide but does not die, or when someone survives a situation where death was expected. Often carries a nuance of failing even at dying.

• 彼かれは自じ殺さつを図はかったが、死しに損そこなった。

  He attempted suicide but failed to die.

• あの事じ故こでよく死しに損そこなったものだ。

  It's a wonder he survived that accident.

godan verb (-u), intransitive verb

come close to dying; be almost killed; narrowly escape death

Describes a near-death experience, often from an accident, illness, or dangerous situation, without necessarily implying a suicide attempt.

• 山やまで遭そう難なんして、死しに損そこなうところだった。

  I was stranded in the mountains and almost died.

• 大たい病びょうで死しに損そこなったが、今いまは元げん気きだ。

  I nearly died from a serious illness, but I'm fine now.

godan verb (-u), intransitive verb

survive (when others died); outlive others

Used when someone lives on while others around them have died, often in contexts like war, disaster, or epidemic. Can carry a sense of guilt or loneliness.

• 戦せん争そうで仲なか間まはみんな死しんだが、彼かれだけ死しに損そこなった。

  All his comrades died in the war, but he alone survived.

• 家か族ぞくを亡なくし、自じ分ぶんだけ死しに損そこなったことを悔くやんでいる。

  Having lost his family, he regrets that he alone outlived them.