自決

See also: 自决

Chinese

from; self; oneself
from; self; oneself; since
 
breach (a dyke); to decide; to determine
trad. (自決)
simp. (自决)

Pronunciation


Verb

自決

  1. to decide by oneself; to solve by oneself
    1. (specifically, government, politics) to have self-determination (political independence of a people)
  2. (literary) to commit suicide

Synonyms

  • (to commit suicide):

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
けつ
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

Compound of (self) +‎ (decision).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑike̞t͡sɨ]

Noun

()(けつ) • (jiketsu

  1. deciding by oneself; solving by oneself
  2. suicide

Derived terms

  • (しゅう)(だん)()(けつ) (shūdanjiketsu, mass suicide)

Verb

()(けつ)する • (jiketsu surusuru (stem ()(けつ) (jiketsu shi), past ()(けつ)した (jiketsu shita))

  1. to decide by oneself; to solve by oneself
  2. to commit suicide

Conjugation

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

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

自決 • (jagyeol) (hangeul 자결)

  1. hanja form? of 자결 (honorable suicide)