討ち死に

Japanese

Kanji in this term

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

Etymology

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

  • (Tokyo) ちじに [ùchíjíní] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟t͡ɕiʑiɲ̟i]

Noun

()() • (uchijini

  1. death on the battlefield

Verb

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

  1. to die on the battlefield

Conjugation

References

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