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討ち死に

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

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

Etymology

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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

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Noun

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()() (uchijini

  1. death on the battlefield

Verb

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

  1. to die on the battlefield

Conjugation

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References

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