絶食

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See also: 絕食, and 绝食

Japanese

Kanji in this term
絶 食
ぜつ > ぜっ
Grade: 5 		しょく
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
絕食 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

絶 (“abstain”) +‎ 食 (“eating”)

Noun

絶(ぜっ)食(しょく) • (zesshoku) 

  1. fast, fasting. Abstinence from food.

Verb

絶(ぜっ)食(しょく)する • (zesshoku suru) intransitive suru (stem 絶(ぜっ)食(しょく)し (zesshoku shi), past 絶(ぜっ)食(しょく)した (zesshoku shita))

  1. fast, abstain from food

Conjugation

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

² Spoken imperative

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