討ち死に
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 討 | 死 |
| う Grade: 6 |
し > じ Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 討死 討死に |
Etymology
Compound of 討ち (uchi, “to attack, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 討つ (utsu)”) + 死に (shini, “to die, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 死ぬ (shinu)”). The shini changes to jini as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
Noun
討ち死に • (uchijini)
- death on the battlefield
Verb
討ち死にする • (uchijini suru) suru (stem 討ち死にし (uchijini shi), past 討ち死にした (uchijini shita))
- to die on the battlefield
Conjugation
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 討ち死にし | うちじにし | uchijini shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 討ち死にし | うちじにし | uchijini shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 討ち死にする | うちじにする | uchijini suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 討ち死にする | うちじにする | uchijini suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 討ち死にすれ | うちじにすれ | uchijini sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 討ち死にせよ¹ 討ち死にしろ² |
うちじにせよ¹ うちじにしろ² |
uchijini seyo¹ uchijini shiro² |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 討ち死にされる | うちじにされる | uchijini sareru |
| Causative | 討ち死にさせる 討ち死にさす |
うちじにさせる うちじにさす |
uchijini saseru uchijini sasu |
| Potential | 討ち死にできる | うちじにできる | uchijini dekiru |
| Volitional | 討ち死にしよう | うちじにしよう | uchijini shiyō |
| Negative | 討ち死にしない | うちじにしない | uchijini shinai |
| Negative continuative | 討ち死にせず | うちじにせず | uchijini sezu |
| Formal | 討ち死にします | うちじにします | uchijini shimasu |
| Perfective | 討ち死にした | うちじにした | uchijini shita |
| Conjunctive | 討ち死にして | うちじにして | uchijini shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 討ち死にすれば | うちじにすれば | uchijini sureba |
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
References
- “討ち死に”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026