断食

See also: 斷食

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 断食 – see 斷食 (“to fast”). (This term is the simplified form of 斷食).

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
断	食
だん Grade: 5	じき Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
斷食 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

断 (“abstain”) +‎ 食 (“eating”).

Noun

断(だん)食(じき) • (danjiki) 

1. fast, fasting. Abstaining from food.

Verb

断(だん)食(じき)する • (danjiki suru) suru (stem 断(だん)食(じき)し (danjiki shi), past 断(だん)食(じき)した (danjiki shita))

1. to fast, to abstain from food

Conjugation

Conjugation of "断食する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	断食し	だんじきし	danjiki shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	断食し	だんじきし	danjiki shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	断食する	だんじきする	danjiki suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	断食する	だんじきする	danjiki suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	断食すれ	だんじきすれ	danjiki sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	断食せよ¹ 断食しろ²	だんじきせよ¹ だんじきしろ²	danjiki seyo¹ danjiki shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	断食される	だんじきされる	danjiki sareru
Causative	断食させる 断食さす	だんじきさせる だんじきさす	danjiki saseru danjiki sasu
Potential	断食できる	だんじきできる	danjiki dekiru
Volitional	断食しよう	だんじきしよう	danjiki shiyō
Negative	断食しない	だんじきしない	danjiki shinai
Negative continuative	断食せず	だんじきせず	danjiki sezu
Formal	断食します	だんじきします	danjiki shimasu
Perfective	断食した	だんじきした	danjiki shita
Conjunctive	断食して	だんじきして	danjiki shite
Hypothetical conditional	断食すれば	だんじきすれば	danjiki sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

Related terms

• 断食月
• 絶食

References

• “断食”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026