絶ぜつ命めい

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

death; end of life; breathing one's last

A formal, somewhat literary term for the moment of death or the end of life. Often used in historical or dramatic contexts.

• 彼かれは家か族ぞくに見み守まもられながら絶ぜつ命めいした。

  He breathed his last, surrounded by his family.

• 事じ故こ現げん場ばで即そく座ざに絶ぜつ命めいしたと報ほうじられた。

  It was reported that he died instantly at the scene of the accident.