死しに際ぎわ

noun

one's last moments; on the point of death; on one's deathbed

Refers to the time or state just before death. Often used in phrases like 死に際に (at the moment of death) or 死に際の言葉 (last words).

• 彼かれは死しに際ぎわに家か族ぞくの名な前まえを呼よんだ。

  He called out his family's names in his last moments.

• 死しに際ぎわの言こと葉ばは忘わすれられない。

  I can't forget his dying words.