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    3. 死に水を取る

    死に水を取る

    死しに​水みずを​取とる​

    to wet the lips of a dying person

    NTVerbCulture & TraditionsFamily & RelationshipsKanji Vocab25 strokes

    しにみずをとる

    Verb

    1.
    to wet the lips of a dying person, to attend someone's last moments

    Stroke 0 / 25

    Speed1.0x

    Characters that make up this word

    死
    し.ぬ・し.に-…(1)
    death・die
    Kanji
    水
    みず・みず-…(10)
    water
    Kanji
    取
    と.る・と.り・と.り-・とり・-ど.り…(2)
    take・fetch・take up
    Kanji
    に
    ni
    Kana
    を
    wo
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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