絶える
絶える · ichidan verb
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 絶える | 絶えない |
| Polite | 絶えます | 絶えません |
| Past polite | 絶えました | 絶えませんでした |
| Past | 絶えた | 絶えなかった |
| Te-form | 絶えて | 絶えないで |
| Desire | 絶えたい | 絶えたくない |
| Potential | 絶えられるalso 絶えれる | 絶えられないalso 絶えれない |
| Passive | 絶えられる | 絶えられない |
| Causative | 絶えさせる | 絶えさせない |
| Causative passive | 絶えさせられる | 絶えさせられない |
| Volitional | 絶えよう | |
| Polite volitional | 絶えましょう | |
| Imperative | 絶えろ | 絶えるな |
| Conditional | 絶えれば | 絶えなければ |
| Tara conditional | 絶えたら | 絶えなかったら |
Meanings
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
die out; become extinct; peter out
Describes living things, species, or lineages coming to an end; also used for things like sound, light, or a fire dying out.
On this island, that bird has already died out.
The candle flame is about to go out.
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
cease; be discontinued; be cut off
Used for abstract things like communication, supply, or a line of succession coming to an end; often implies a permanent or long-term stop.
Contact has been cut off.
That family line has died out.
Usage patterns
- 〈事〉が絶えないthere is no end of ~ (something happens constantly)
This shop never runs out of customers.
- 子孫が絶えるfor a family's descendants/lineage to die out
The descendants of that family line died out during the Edo period.
- 命が絶えるfor a life to come to an end
His life quietly came to an end in the hospital.
- 音信が絶えるfor contact/correspondence with someone to stop
It has been three years since I lost contact with him.
Expressions
- 気苦労が絶えないconstantly worried; endless anxiety