生しょう涯がいを閉とじる

expression, ichidan verb

to die; to pass away; to end one's life

A formal, literary expression for a person's death, emphasizing the closing of a life. Often used in obituaries, biographies, or solemn contexts.

• 彼かれは90歳さいで生しょう涯がいを閉とじた。

  He passed away at the age of 90.

• その作さっ家かは静しずかに生しょう涯がいを閉とじた。

  The writer quietly ended his life.