早死に

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
早 死
はや
Grade: 1 		し > じ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

早(はや)死(じ)に • (hayajini) 

  1. premature death
    天(てん)才(さい)は早(はや)死(じ)にが多(おお)い
    tensai wa hayajini ga ōi
    many geniuses die prematurely

Verb

早(はや)死(じ)にする • (hayajini suru) suru (stem 早(はや)死(じ)にし (hayajini shi), past 早(はや)死(じ)にした (hayajini shita))

  1. to die prematurely
    • 1959, Kunio Yanagida, 『故郷七十年』
      類(るい)のない篤学者(とくがくしゃ)で、貴重(きちょう)な研究(けんきゅう)をしていたのに、勉強(べんきょう)がすぎて惜(お)しいことに早死(はやじに)してしまった。
      Rui no nai tokugakusha de, kichō na kenkyū o shiteitanoni, benkyō ga sugite oshī koto ni hayajini shite shimatta.
      He was an exceptionally studious person who did highly valuable work, yet he overworked himself and regrettably, died prematurely.

Conjugation

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