わかじに

Japanese
Alternative spelling
若死に

Etymology

From 若(わか) (waka-) + 死(し)に (shini, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 死(し)ぬ (shinu).”). The shini changes to jini as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) わかじに [wàkájíní] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • (Tokyo) わかじに​ [wàkájíníꜜ] (Odaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɰᵝa̠ka̠ʑiɲ̟i]

Noun

わかじに • (wakajini) ←わかじに (wakazini)?

  1. young death

Verb

わかじにする • (wakajini suru) ←わかじに (wakazini)?suru (stem わかじにし (wakajini shi), past わかじにした (wakajini shita))

  1. to die young

Conjugation
Conjugation of "わかじにする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") わかじにし wakajini shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") わかじにし wakajini shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") わかじにする wakajini suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") わかじにする wakajini suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") わかじにすれ wakajini sure
Meireikei ("imperative") わかじにせよ¹
わかじにしろ²		 wakajini seyo¹
wakajini shiro²
Key constructions
Passive わかじにされる wakajini sareru
Causative わかじにさせる
わかじにさす		 wakajini saseru
wakajini sasu
Potential わかじにできる wakajini dekiru
Volitional わかじにしよう wakajini shiyō
Negative わかじにしない wakajini shinai
Negative continuative わかじにせず wakajini sezu
Formal わかじにします wakajini shimasu
Perfective わかじにした wakajini shita
Conjunctive わかじにして wakajini shite
Hypothetical conditional わかじにすれば wakajini sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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