わかじに

Japanese

Alternative spelling
若死に

From 若(わか) (waka-, stem of 若(わか)い (wakai, “young”)) + 死(し)に (shini, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 死(し)ぬ (shinu, “to die”)). The shini changes to jini as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

わかじに • (wakajini) ^{←わかじに (wakazini)^?}

わかじにする • (wakajini suru) ^{←わかじに (wakazini)^?}intransitive suru (stem わかじにし (wakajini shi), past わかじにした (wakajini shita))

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

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN