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やんじゅん【破じゅん・敗じゅん】

yanjun

Pronunciation: [jan̩d͡ʑuŋ̍]

Definition

Verb, Transitive, Suffix

  1. To break; to tear; to rip
  2. To ruin
  3. To hurt
  4. (As a suffix) To fail to do; to do incorrectly; to mis-
    1. かちやんじゅん【書きやんじゅん】
      kachi-yanjun
      "To fail to write", "To miswrite", "To write incorrectly"

Etymology

Cognate with standard Japanese やぶる【破る・敗る】 yaburu "to break".

Spelling

OrthographyForm
Kanji破じゅん
敗じゅん
Kanaやんじゅん
Romanizationyanjun
Pronunciation (IPA)[jan̩d͡ʑuŋ̍]

Verb Paradigm

Central Okinawan du-type verb: yanjunβeta

 

 

Imperfective

Perfective

Negative

Neg. Perfective

Plain

PRED

yanjun

yantan

yandan

yandantan

ATT

yanjuru

yantaru

Progressive

PRED

yantoon

yantootan

yanteewuran

yanteewurantan

ATT

yantooru

yantootaru

Causative

PRED

yandasun

yandachan

yandasan

yandasantan

ATT

yandasuru

yandacharu

Passive, Potential

PRED

yandariyun
yandariin

yandaritan
yandattan

yandariran
yandaran

yandarirantan
yandarantan

ATT

yandariyuru
yandariiru

yandaritaru
yandattaru

Intransitivizing resultative (For transitive verbs only)

PRED

yanteen

yanteetan

yanteeneen

yanteeneentan

ATT

yanteeru

yanteetaru

In preparation/in advance (-te oku)

PRED

yantoochun

yantoochan

yanteeukan

yanteeukantan

ATT

yantoochuru

yantoocharu

Desidirative (adjective paradigm)

PRED

yanji-busan

yanji-busatan

yanji-bushikoo neen

yanji-bushikoo neeran

yanji-bushikoo neentan

yanji-bushikoo neerantan

ATT

yanji-busaru

yanji-busataru

 

Affirmative

Negative

Volitional-Presumptive
(“let’s”)

yanda

–

“seems”

yanjuru-haji

yantan-haji

Imperative-Prohibitive

yanji

yanjuna

Conjunctive-Participle
(“te form”)

yanti

–

意味:こわす【壊す・毀す】、だめにする【駄目にする】、やぶる【破る・敗る】、〜そこなう【〜損なう・〜損う】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2026, October 10). やんじゅん【破じゅん・敗じゅん】 : yanjun | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2026, October 12, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/9258/yanjun/.