死しんだ子この歳としを数かぞえる
Meanings
Expression
Verb (1-dan)
Proverb
1. crying over spilt milk; (lit.) counting the age of one's dead child
Kanji used
death
child
years old
number
Composed of
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to count; to enumerate