頓死

とんし

Also written トン死

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Intransitive sudden death; unexpected death
2. (game-ending) blunder

Kanji

• 頓 sudden. Read as トン.
• 死 die. Read as シ.

Example sentences

• この辺の意地悪婆さんが雷に打たれて頓死したらしい。まさに天罰覿面だとうちの母さんが言う。
  It seems the mean old woman that lived around here was struck by lightning and suddenly died. My mother says it's truly a case of the swiftness of Heaven's vengeance.

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