間ま際ぎわ

死しの間際まぎわに、同おなじく病床びょうしょうにあった弟おとうとの穂井田元清ほいだもときよと「どちらが先さきに逝ゆくか」と語かたり合あったといわれる。

It is said that when he was on his deathbed he asked Motokiyo HOIDA, who was his younger brother who was also ill, 'who will go first?'

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死しぬ間際まぎわに一瞬息いっしゅんいきを吹ふき返かえし、遺産相続いさんそうぞくで騒動そうどうが起おこらないようにすべての勘定かんじょうを決済けっさいしてから死しんだという逸話いつわも残のこっている。

There remains even an anecdote that when he was just about to die, he came to life for a second to settle all the bills so as not to cause a trouble about the succession of property, and then he died.

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継嗣がいなかったとは言え、綱吉はこの廃止要求を拒絶し、死の間際にも「生類憐みの令だけは世に残してくれ」と告げた。

Although Tsunayoshi had no heir, he refused demands to abolish the law and in his last moments he begged "At least keep the law for protection of cruelty to animals."

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