早死に

Japanese

Kanji in this term
はや
Grade: 1
し > じ
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) やじに [hàyájíní] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • (Tokyo) やじに [hàyájíníꜜ] (Odaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ha̠ja̠ʑiɲ̟i]

Noun

(はや)() • (hayajini) 

  1. premature death
    (てん)(さい)(はや)()(おお)
    tensai wa hayajini ga ōi
    many geniuses die prematurely

Verb

(はや)()する • (hayajini suru) suru (stem (はや)() (hayajini shi), past (はや)()した (hayajini shita))

  1. to die prematurely
    • 1959, Kunio Yanagida, 『故郷七十年』
      (るい)のない篤学者(とくがくしゃ)で、貴重(きちょう)研究(けんきゅう)をしていたのに、勉強(べんきょう)がすぎて()しいことに早死(はやじに)してしまった。
      Rui no nai tokugakusha de, kichō na kenkyū o shiteitanoni, benkyō ga sugite oshī koto ni hayajini shite shimatta.
      He was an exceptionally studious person who did highly valuable work, yet he overworked himself and regrettably, died prematurely.

Conjugation

References

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