医者は、そのひん死の男は、数時間前に普通なら死んでしまっているところだといっているが、その男は、いぜん、死に挑んでいる。

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English Translation

The doctors say the dying man should have kicked the bucket hours ago, were he an ordinary man, but he is still defying death.

Furigana

医者(いしゃ)は、そのひん死(し)の男(おとこ)は、数(すう)時間(じかん)前(まえ)に普通(ふつう)なら死(し)んでしまっているところだといっているが、その男(おとこ)は、いぜん、死(し)に挑(いど)んでいる。

Romanji

Isha wa, sono hinshi no otoko wa, sū jikan mae ni futsū nara shindeshimatteiru tokoro da to itteiru ga, sono otoko wa, izen, shi ni idondeiru.

Words

医者 (いしゃ)

(medical) doctor; physician

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

瀕死 (ひんし)

dying; (on the) verge of death

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

男 (おとこ、おっこ)

man; male; fellow; guy; chap; bloke; male lover; boyfriend; man; manliness; manly honor; manly honour; manly reputation

時間 (じかん)

time; hours

前 (まえ)

ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of); before (e.g. the house); head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; in the presence of; helping; portion; privates; private parts

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

普通 (ふつう)

general; ordinary; usual; normally; generally; usually; train that stops at every station

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

死ぬ (しぬ)

to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to look dead; to cease; to stop

所 (ところ、とこ)

place; spot; scene; site; address; district; area; locality; one's house; point; part; space; room; whereupon; as a result; about to; on the verge of; was just doing; was in the process of doing; have just done; just finished doing

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

結う (ゆう、いう)

to do up (hair); to braid; to fasten; to fix

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

以前 (いぜん)

ago; since; before; previous

死 (し)

death; decease; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation)

挑む (いどむ)

to challenge; to throw down the gauntlet; to contend for; to tackle; to pressure someone for sex; to woo; to make love to