死に損なう

しにそこなう

Also written 死にそこなう

Meanings

1. Godan verb, Intransitive 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

Kanji

• 死 die. Read as しに.
• 損 loss. Read as そこなう.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists