Japanese

Noun

ご臨終 ‎(hiragana ごりんじゅう, romaji gorinjū)

1. deathbed, dying moment, dying hour, one's last breath

Usage notes

This is a formal way of saying that a person has died. For example, a doctor would use this word rather than plain 死 (し)ぬ ‎(shinu, “die”) when informing someone that their relative has just died.