逆さかさ別わかれ

noun

a child dying before its parents

A sorrowful term referring to the unnatural order of death where a child predeceases their parents. Used in solemn or literary contexts.

• 逆さかさ別わかれほど親おやにとって辛つらいことはない。

  There is nothing more painful for parents than a child dying before them.