殉じゅん職しょく

じゅ

ん

しょ

く

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殉職する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	殉じゅん職しょくする	殉じゅん職しょくしない
Polite	殉じゅん職しょくします	殉じゅん職しょくしません
Past polite	殉じゅん職しょくしました	殉じゅん職しょくしませんでした
Past	殉じゅん職しょくした	殉じゅん職しょくしなかった
Te-form	殉じゅん職しょくして	殉じゅん職しょくしないで
Desire	殉じゅん職しょくしたい	殉じゅん職しょくしたくない
Potential	殉じゅん職しょくできる	殉じゅん職しょくできない
Passive	殉じゅん職しょくされる	殉じゅん職しょくされない
Causative	殉じゅん職しょくさせる	殉じゅん職しょくさせない
Causative passive	殉じゅん職しょくさせられる	殉じゅん職しょくさせられない
Volitional	殉じゅん職しょくしよう
Polite volitional	殉じゅん職しょくしましょう
Imperative	殉じゅん職しょくしろ	殉じゅん職しょくするな
Conditional	殉じゅん職しょくすれば	殉じゅん職しょくしなければ
Tara conditional	殉じゅん職しょくしたら	殉じゅん職しょくしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

dying on duty; killed in the line of duty

Formal term for death while performing official duties, especially for police, firefighters, soldiers, and similar professions. Often used in news reports.

その警けい察さつ官かんは事じ件けんの捜そう査さ中ちゅうに殉じゅん職しょくした。
The police officer died in the line of duty while investigating the case.
殉じゅん職しょくした消しょう防ぼう士しの追つい悼とう式しきが行おこなわれた。
A memorial service was held for the firefighter who died on duty.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が殉じゅん職しょくするfor someone to die in the line of duty
消しょう防ぼう士しが火か災さい現げん場ばで殉じゅん職しょくした。
The firefighter died in the line of duty at the scene of the fire.
殉じゅん職しょく者しゃを追つい悼とうするto mourn/honor those who died in the line of duty
式しき典てんで殉じゅん職しょく者しゃを追つい悼とうした。
At the ceremony, they paid tribute to those who had died in the line of duty.

Kanji

殉martyrdom, follow by resigning
職post, employment, work

Related words

戦せん死しN1
戦死 refers specifically to dying in combat during a war, while 殉職 covers death while performing any official duty, combat or not.
死し亡ぼうN3
死亡 is a neutral, general word for death, whereas 殉職 specifically implies dying honorably while carrying out one's official duties.
殉じゅん難なん
殉職 means dying in the line of duty (e.g. a firefighter or police officer), whereas 殉難 is broader and covers dying for a cause or belief.

Don't confuse with

殉じゅん死し
殉死 means dying to follow one's lord or master in death, while 殉職 means dying while carrying out one's professional duties; the shared 殉 kanji often causes confusion.

Word family

殉じゅん職しょく者しゃ
person who died in the line of duty; fallen officer

Etymology

Compound of 殉 (じゅん, 'to follow in death' or 'to sacrifice oneself') and 職 (しょく, 'job' or 'duty'). The kanji 殉 originally referred to the practice of retainers following their lord in death, but in modern usage it has shifted to mean dying in the course of one's official responsibilities.