いまわ

Japanese

Alternative spelling
今際

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

いまわ • (imawa) ^{←いまは (imafa)?}

1. 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)