死しに水みず

noun

water given to a dying person

Refers to the ritual of moistening the lips of a dying person with water, often performed by close family. The phrase 死に水を取る means to perform this final act of care.

• 最さい期ごに、母ははは父ちちの唇くちびるに死しに水みずを含ふくませた。

  At the very end, my mother gave my father the last water on his lips.

• 彼かれは遠とおくにいて、親おやの死しに水みずを取とれなかった。

  He was far away and couldn't be there to give his parent the last water.