討ち死に

Japanese

Kanji in this term

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(れんようけい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb () (utsu)) +‎ 死に (shini, to die, the 連用形(れんようけい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb () (shinu)). The shini changes to jini as an instance of rendaku ((れん)(だく)).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ちじに [ùchíjíní] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟t͡ɕiʑiɲ̟i]

Noun

()() • (uchijini

  1. death on the battlefield

Verb

()()する • (uchijini surusuru (stem ()() (uchijini shi), past ()()した (uchijini shita))

  1. to die on the battlefield

Conjugation

Conjugation of "討ち死にする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
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

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