Dictionary / Vocabulary / 頓死
とんし
sudden death; unexpected death; (game-ending) blunder
Also written トン死、とん死
この辺の意地悪婆さんが雷に打たれて頓死したらしい。まさに天罰覿面だとうちの母さんが言う。
It seems the mean old woman that lived around here was struck by lightning and suddenly died. My mother says it's truly a case of the swiftness of Heaven's vengeance.