- 1. [n, adj-no] (on the) verge of death
Kanji in this word
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瀕
shore, brink, vergeOn: ヒン (hin)Kun: ほとり (hotori)
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死
death, dieOn: シ (shi)Kun: し.ぬ (shi.nu)、 し.に- (shi.ni-)
Example Sentences
3人の看護婦が四六時中瀕死の大臣の看護に当たった。
3 nin no kangofu ga shirokujichuu hinshi no daijin no kango ni ata tta .
Three nurses attended the dying minister night and day.