死しを選えらぶ

expression, godan verb (-bu)

commit suicide; end one's life; choose death

A literary or euphemistic expression for suicide, emphasizing the act as a deliberate choice. The literal gloss 'choose death' reflects the kanji meaning.

• 彼かれは絶ぜつ望ぼうの末すえ、死しを選えらんだ。

  In the end, he chose death out of despair.

• その作さっ家かは若わかくして死しを選えらんだ。

  That writer chose to end his life at a young age.