決別

Japanese

Kanji in this term
けつ
Grade: 3
べつ
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) つべつ [kètsúbétsú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ke̞t͡sɨbe̞t͡sɨ]

Noun

(けつ)(べつ) • (ketsubetsuけつべつ (ketubetu)?

  1. bidding farewell; parting (usually with the implication that there is little likelihood of meeting again)
    下半身太(かはんしんふと)りと決別(けつべつ)する(やっ)つの秘策(ひさく)
    kahanshin futori to ketsubetsu suru yattsu no hisaku
    eight secrets to saying goodbye to a fat lower body

Verb

(けつ)(べつ)する • (ketsubetsu suruけつべつ (ketubetu)?intransitive suru (stem (けつ)(べつ) (ketsubetsu shi), past (けつ)(べつ)した (ketsubetsu shita))

  1. to bid farewell; to part (usually with the implication that there is little likelihood of meeting again)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "決別する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 決別し けつべつし ketsubetsu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 決別し けつべつし ketsubetsu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 決別する けつべつする ketsubetsu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 決別する けつべつする ketsubetsu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 決別すれ けつべつすれ ketsubetsu sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 決別せよ¹
決別しろ²
けつべつせよ¹
けつべつしろ²
ketsubetsu seyo¹
ketsubetsu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 決別される けつべつされる ketsubetsu sareru
Causative 決別させる
決別さす
けつべつさせる
けつべつさす
ketsubetsu saseru
ketsubetsu sasu
Potential 決別できる けつべつできる ketsubetsu dekiru
Volitional 決別しよう けつべつしよう ketsubetsu shiyō
Negative 決別しない けつべつしない ketsubetsu shinai
Negative continuative 決別せず けつべつせず ketsubetsu sezu
Formal 決別します けつべつします ketsubetsu shimasu
Perfective 決別した けつべつした ketsubetsu shita
Conjunctive 決別して けつべつして ketsubetsu shite
Hypothetical conditional 決別すれば けつべつすれば ketsubetsu sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN