わかじに

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Japanese

Alternative spelling
若死に

Etymology

From 若(わか) (waka-, stem of 若(わか)い (wakai, “young”)) + 死(し)に (shini, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 死(し)ぬ (shinu, “to die”)). The shini changes to jini as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

わかじに • (wakajini) ←わかじに (wakazini)?

  1. young death
    Synonyms: 夭死 (yōshi), 夭折 (yōsetsu), 夭逝 (yōsei)

Verb

わかじにする • (wakajini suru) ←わかじに (wakazini)?intransitive suru (stem わかじにし (wakajini shi), past わかじにした (wakajini shita))

  1. to die young

Conjugation

Conjugation of "わかじにする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") わかじにし wakajini shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") わかじにし wakajini shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") わかじにする wakajini suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") わかじにする wakajini suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") わかじにすれ wakajini sure
Meireikei ("imperative") わかじにせよ¹
わかじにしろ² 		wakajini seyo¹
wakajini shiro²
Key constructions
Passive わかじにされる wakajini sareru
Causative わかじにさせる
わかじにさす 		wakajini saseru
wakajini sasu
Potential わかじにできる wakajini dekiru
Volitional わかじにしよう wakajini shiyō
Negative わかじにしない wakajini shinai
Negative continuative わかじにせず wakajini sezu
Formal わかじにします wakajini shimasu
Perfective わかじにした wakajini shita
Conjunctive わかじにして wakajini shite
Hypothetical conditional わかじにすれば wakajini sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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