生なま殺ごろし

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

half-dead; half-killed

Describes a state of being beaten or injured to the point of near death, but still alive. Often used hyperbolically.

See also: 半殺し

• 彼かれは喧けん嘩かで生なま殺ごろしの状じょう態たいにされた。

  He was beaten half to death in a fight.

expression

leaving in limbo; dragging out tortuously; state of uncertainty

Figurative use: keeping someone in a painful, unresolved state, often by withholding a decision or conclusion. Can imply deliberate cruelty.

• 返へん事じを待またされ続つづけて、生なま殺ごろしの気き分ぶんだ。

  Being kept waiting for an answer, I feel like I'm being left in limbo.

• 彼かれは生なま殺ごろしの状じょう態たいで何なん週しゅう間かんも放ほう置ちされた。

  He was left hanging in uncertainty for weeks.