堕胎

See also: 墮胎

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 堕胎 – see 墮胎 (“to abort a fetus; to induce an abortion”). (This term is the simplified form of 墮胎).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
堕	胎
だ Grade: S	たい Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
墮胎 (kyūjitai)

Noun

堕(だ)胎(たい) • (datai) 

1. induced abortion

Usage notes

• Abortion is illegal in Japan. Although there are some exceptions under special conditions, in laws these exceptions are referred to as 中(ちゅう)絶(ぜつ) (chūzetsu) instead. This has influenced the Japanese language and 中絶 is generally preferred over 堕胎 today. (further readings in Japanese)

Verb

堕(だ)胎(たい)する • (datai suru) suru (stem 堕(だ)胎(たい)し (datai shi), past 堕(だ)胎(たい)した (datai shita))

1. to abort a foetus; to induce an abortion

Conjugation

Conjugation of "" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")			datai shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")			datai shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")			datai suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")			datai suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")			datai sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	¹ ²	¹ ²	datai seyo¹ datai shiro²
Key constructions
Passive			datai sareru
Causative			datai saseru datai sasu
Potential			datai dekiru
Volitional			datai shiyō
Negative			datai shinai
Negative continuative			datai sezu
Formal			datai shimasu
Perfective			datai shita
Conjunctive			datai shite
Hypothetical conditional			datai sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative