Word details

死に掛かる

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 死に掛かる.

Dictionary

Entry

死に掛かる死にかかるにかかGodan verbFreq #55209
1

to be dying

Examples
かわいそうにその少女は死にかかっていた
The poor girl was on the point of death.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

death, die

6 strokesFrequency 229JLPT N3Grade 3

On

Kun

し.ぬし.に-

hang, suspend, depend, arrive at, tax, pour

11 strokesFrequency 1,027JLPT N1Grade 8

On

カイケイ

Kun

か.ける-か.けるか.け-か.け-が.けか.かる-か.かる-が.かるか.かり-が.かりかかり-がかり

Nanori

かけ

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