わかじに

Japanese

Alternative spelling
若死に

Etymology

From (わか) (waka-) + () (shini, (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 (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) かじに [wàkájíní] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • (Tokyo) 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

References

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