Godan verb, intransitive verb

  1. to fail to die (after attempting suicide), to fail to kill oneself, to survive (when one should have died).
  2. to come close to dying, to be almost killed, to narrowly escape death.
  3. to survive (when others died), to outlive others.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
 
死に損なう しにそこなう
 
 
 
 
 
死にそこなう しにそこなう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

death, die
シ し.ぬ (3rd, N4)
bare bone, bad, wrong
ガツ ガチ タイ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
evening
ゆう セキ ゆ (1st, N4)
spoon, spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21)
ヒ さじ (Kentei 1)
damage, loss, disadvantage
ソン そこ.なう そこな.う (5th, N2)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
employee, member, number
イン いな かず (3rd, N4)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
shellfish
かい バイ (1st, N2)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)