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 |
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.
This shop never runs out of customers.
The descendants of that family line died out during the Edo period.
His life quietly came to an end in the hospital.
It has been three years since I lost contact with him.
stop; cease; come to an end; be cut off
die out; become extinct
feeble; faint; intermittent
incessantly; without a pause; continuously
to die; to breathe one's last
constant; incessant; unending
expire; die; draw one's last breath
die out completely; be extinguished; cease to exist
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
unceasingly; relentlessly; without interruption