窮きゅう死し

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

dying in poverty; dying in miserable circumstances

Refers to death caused by extreme poverty, destitution, or hardship. Often used in historical or literary contexts describing people who died without means.

• 彼かれは無む一いち文もんで窮きゅう死しした。

  He died penniless and in misery.

• その作さっ家かは孤こ独どくのうちに窮きゅう死ししたと言いわれている。

  It is said that the writer died in lonely destitution.