断食

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See also: 斷食

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 断食 – see 斷食 (“to fast”).
(This term is the simplified form of 斷食).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
断 食
だん
Grade: 5 		じき
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
斷食 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

断 (“abstain”) +‎ 食 (“eating”).

Noun

断(だん)食(じき) • (danjiki) 

  1. fast, fasting. Abstaining from food.

Verb

断(だん)食(じき)する • (danjiki suru) suru (stem 断(だん)食(じき)し (danjiki shi), past 断(だん)食(じき)した (danjiki shita))

  1. to fast, to abstain from food

Conjugation

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

² Spoken imperative

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