わかじに

Japanese

Alternative spelling
若死に

Etymology

From 若(わか) (waka-, stem of 若(わか)い (wakai, “young”)) + 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, “to die”)). The shini changes to jini as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) わかじに [wàkájíní] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) わかじに​ [wàkájíníꜜ] (Odaka – [4])
• (Tokyo) わかじ​に [wàkájíꜜnì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ɰᵝa̠ka̠ʑiɲ̟i]

Noun

わかじに • (wakajini) ^{←わかじに (wakazini)?}

1. young death

   Synonyms: 夭死 (yōshi), 夭折 (yōsetsu), 夭逝 (yōsei)

Verb

わかじにする • (wakajini suru) ^{←わかじに (wakazini)?}intransitive suru (stem わかじにし (wakajinisuru shi), past わかじにした (wakajinisuru 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