往生際

Japanese

Kanji in this term
おう
Grade: 5
しょう > じょう
Grade: 1
きわ > ぎわ
Grade: 5
on'yomi kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ーじょーぎわ [òójóógíwá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [o̞ːʑo̞ːɡʲiβ̞a̠]

Noun

(おう)(じょう)(ぎわ) • (ōjōgiwaわうじやうぎは (wauzyaugifa)?

  1. brink of death
  2. giving up

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN