節食

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See also: 节食

Chinese

festival; section; segment
festival; section; segment; point; part; to economize; to save; temperate
 
eat; food; to feed
eat; food; to feed; animal feed
 
trad. (節食) 節 食
simp. (节食) 节 食

Pronunciation

Verb

節食

  1. to go on a diet

Noun

節食

  1. temperance in eating; dieting
    極端節食／极端节食  ―  jíduān jiéshí  ―  crash diet

Japanese

Kanji in this term
節 食
せつ > せっ
Grade: 4 		しょく
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
節食 (kyūjitai)

Noun

節(せっ)食(しょく) • (sesshoku) 

  1. temperance in eating

Verb

節(せっ)食(しょく)する • (sesshoku suru) suru (stem 節(せっ)食(しょく)し (sesshoku shi), past 節(せっ)食(しょく)した (sesshoku shita))

  1. eat sparingly, eat lightly

Conjugation

Conjugation of "節食する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 節食し せっしょくし sesshoku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 節食し せっしょくし sesshoku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 節食する せっしょくする sesshoku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 節食する せっしょくする sesshoku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 節食すれ せっしょくすれ sesshoku sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 節食せよ¹
節食しろ² 		せっしょくせよ¹
せっしょくしろ² 		sesshoku seyo¹
sesshoku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 節食される せっしょくされる sesshoku sareru
Causative 節食させる
節食さす 		せっしょくさせる
せっしょくさす 		sesshoku saseru
sesshoku sasu
Potential 節食できる せっしょくできる sesshoku dekiru
Volitional 節食しよう せっしょくしよう sesshoku shiyō
Negative 節食しない せっしょくしない sesshoku shinai
Negative continuative 節食せず せっしょくせず sesshoku sezu
Formal 節食します せっしょくします sesshoku shimasu
Perfective 節食した せっしょくした sesshoku shita
Conjunctive 節食して せっしょくして sesshoku shite
Hypothetical conditional 節食すれば せっしょくすれば sesshoku sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

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