乱伐

Japanese

Kanji in this term
乱	伐
らん Grade: 6	ばつ Grade: S
on'yomi	kan'yōon

Alternative spellings
亂伐 (kyūjitai) 濫伐

Etymology

乱 is a daiyōji replacing 濫.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) らんばつ [ràńbátsú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɾã̠mba̠t͡sɨ]

Noun

乱(らん)伐(ばつ) • (ranbatsu) ^{←らんばつ (ranbatu)^?}

reckless deforestation
- 1959, Kodō Nomura, Kodō Hyakuwa‎^[1]:
  
  むろん、木(もく)橋(きょう)はコンクリートになり、山(やま)は乱(らん)伐(ばつ)ではげており、無(ぶ)粋(すい)な電(でん)柱(ちゅう)が立(た)っている。
  Muron, mokukyō wa konkurīto ni nari, yama wa ranbatsu de hagete ori, busui na denchū ga tatteiru.
  Needless to say, a wooden bridge was turned into a concrete one, mountains are bald because of overcutting, and there are unromantic utility poles.

Related terms

伐(ばっ)採(さい) (bassai)

Verb

乱(らん)伐(ばつ)する • (ranbatsu suru) ^{←らんばつ (ranbatu)^?}transitive suru (stem 乱(らん)伐(ばつ)し (ranbatsu shi), past 乱(らん)伐(ばつ)した (ranbatsu shita))

to recklessly deforest

Conjugation

Conjugation of "乱伐する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	乱伐し	らんばつし	ranbatsu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	乱伐し	らんばつし	ranbatsu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	乱伐する	らんばつする	ranbatsu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	乱伐する	らんばつする	ranbatsu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	乱伐すれ	らんばつすれ	ranbatsu sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	乱伐せよ¹ 乱伐しろ²	らんばつせよ¹ らんばつしろ²	ranbatsu seyo¹ ranbatsu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	乱伐される	らんばつされる	ranbatsu sareru
Causative	乱伐させる乱伐さす	らんばつさせるらんばつさす	ranbatsu saseru ranbatsu sasu
Potential	乱伐できる	らんばつできる	ranbatsu dekiru
Volitional	乱伐しよう	らんばつしよう	ranbatsu shiyō
Negative	乱伐しない	らんばつしない	ranbatsu shinai
Negative continuative	乱伐せず	らんばつせず	ranbatsu sezu
Formal	乱伐します	らんばつします	ranbatsu shimasu
Perfective	乱伐した	らんばつした	ranbatsu shita
Conjunctive	乱伐して	らんばつして	ranbatsu shite
Hypothetical conditional	乱伐すれば	らんばつすれば	ranbatsu sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“乱伐”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

[SMK7-1] Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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