Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 6
し > じ
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
討死
討死に

Etymology edit

Compound of 討ち (uchi, to attack, the 連用形(れんようけい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb () (utsu)) +‎ 死に (shini, to die, the 連用形(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 edit

Noun edit

()() (uchijini

  1. death on the battlefield

Verb edit

()()する (uchijini surusuru (stem ()() (uchijini shi), past ()()した (uchijini shita))

  1. to die on the battlefield

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN