頓挫

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Chinese

a time; jerk; stop
a time; jerk; stop; meal; bout; spell; (measure for beating)
 
be obstructed; fail; oppress
be obstructed; fail; oppress; repress; lower the tone; bend back; dampen
 
trad. (頓挫) 頓 挫
simp. (顿挫) 顿 挫

Pronunciation

Verb

頓挫

  1. (of intonation, rhythm, musical notes, brush stroke in painting, etc.) to pause and turn
  2. (chess) zwischenzug

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
頓 挫
とん
Grade: S 		ざ
Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

頓(とん)挫(ざ) • (tonza) ←とんざ (tonza)?

  1. sudden reduction in vigor
  2. sudden plan failure

Verb

頓(とん)挫(ざ)する • (tonza suru) ←とんざ (tonza)?suru (stem 頓(とん)挫(ざ)し (tonza shi), past 頓(とん)挫(ざ)した (tonza shita))

  1. to suddenly reduce in vigor
  2. (of a plan) to suddenly fail
    計画(けいかく)が頓挫(とんざ)する
    keikaku ga tonza suru
    the plan falls through

Conjugation

Conjugation of "頓挫する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 頓挫し とんざし tonza shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 頓挫し とんざし tonza shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 頓挫する とんざする tonza suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 頓挫する とんざする tonza suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 頓挫すれ とんざすれ tonza sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 頓挫せよ¹
頓挫しろ² 		とんざせよ¹
とんざしろ² 		tonza seyo¹
tonza shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 頓挫される とんざされる tonza sareru
Causative 頓挫させる
頓挫さす 		とんざさせる
とんざさす 		tonza saseru
tonza sasu
Potential 頓挫できる とんざできる tonza dekiru
Volitional 頓挫しよう とんざしよう tonza shiyō
Negative 頓挫しない とんざしない tonza shinai
Negative continuative 頓挫せず とんざせず tonza sezu
Formal 頓挫します とんざします tonza shimasu
Perfective 頓挫した とんざした tonza shita
Conjunctive 頓挫して とんざして tonza shite
Hypothetical conditional 頓挫すれば とんざすれば tonza sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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