いまわ

Japanese

Alternative spelling
今際

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) まわ [ìmáwá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ima̠β̞a̠]

Noun

いまわ • (imawaいまは (imafa)?

  1. dying moment, one's last moment

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • (いま)()(きわ) (imawa no kiwa)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN