Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
だつ
Grade: S
えい
Grade: 5
goon kan’on
Alternative spelling
脫營 (kyūjitai)

Etymology edit

Ultimately probably from Middle Chinese 脫營 (MC dwat yweng, literally “escape + barracks”). First cited in Japanese to a text from 1896.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(だつ)(えい) (datsuei

  1. [from 1896] (military) desertion
    Synonym: 脱柵 (dassaku)

Verb edit

(だつ)(えい)する (datsuei surusuru (stem (だつ)(えい) (datsuei shi), past (だつ)(えい)した (datsuei shita))

  1. [from 1896] (military) to desert
    Synonym: 脱柵 (dassaku)

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. ^ 脱営”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN