いまわ

Japanese

Alternative spelling
今際

Etymology

Shortened from 今は限り (ima wa kagiri, literally “now is the last moment”).[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いまわ [ìmáwá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [ima̠ɰᵝa̠]

Noun

いまわ • (imawa) ^{←いまは (imafa)^?}

dying moment, one's last moment

Synonyms

最(さい)期(ご) (saigo)
死(し)に際(ぎわ) (shinigiwa)
臨終(りんじゅう) (rinjū)
末(まつ)期(ご) (matsugo)

Derived terms

今(いま)際(わ)の際(きわ) (imawa no kiwa)

References

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

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