絶筆

See also: 絕筆 and 绝笔

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絶筆

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Kanji in this term
絶	筆
ぜつ > ぜっ Grade: 5	ひつ > ぴつ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
絕筆 (kyūjitai)

The names of four Japanese war criminals, written by them before their execution.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぜっぴつ [zèppítsú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [d͡ze̞p̚ʲpʲit͡sɨ]

Noun

絶(ぜっ)筆(ぴつ) • (zeppitsu) 

1. the last written work produced by a person before death
2. cessation of writing

Verb

絶(ぜっ)筆(ぴつ)する • (zeppitsu suru) suru (stem 絶(ぜっ)筆(ぴつ)し (zeppitsu shi), past 絶(ぜっ)筆(ぴつ)した (zeppitsu shita))

1. to cease or stop writing

Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	絶筆し	ぜっぴつし	zeppitsu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	絶筆し	ぜっぴつし	zeppitsu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	絶筆する	ぜっぴつする	zeppitsu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	絶筆する	ぜっぴつする	zeppitsu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	絶筆すれ	ぜっぴつすれ	zeppitsu sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	絶筆せよ¹ 絶筆しろ²	ぜっぴつせよ¹ ぜっぴつしろ²	zeppitsu seyo¹ zeppitsu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	絶筆される	ぜっぴつされる	zeppitsu sareru
Causative	絶筆させる 絶筆さす	ぜっぴつさせる ぜっぴつさす	zeppitsu saseru zeppitsu sasu
Potential	絶筆できる	ぜっぴつできる	zeppitsu dekiru
Volitional	絶筆しよう	ぜっぴつしよう	zeppitsu shiyō
Negative	絶筆しない	ぜっぴつしない	zeppitsu shinai
Negative continuative	絶筆せず	ぜっぴつせず	zeppitsu sezu
Formal	絶筆します	ぜっぴつします	zeppitsu shimasu
Perfective	絶筆した	ぜっぴつした	zeppitsu shita
Conjunctive	絶筆して	ぜっぴつして	zeppitsu shite
Hypothetical conditional	絶筆すれば	ぜっぴつすれば	zeppitsu sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Conjugation of "絶筆する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

See also

• 断筆(だんぴつ) (danpitsu)

References

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