noun, na-adjective
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
A state of reckless despair where one gives up on caring about consequences. Often used in phrases like やけになる or やけを起こす.
彼は失恋して、やけになって酒を飲みすぎた。
He got desperate after a broken heart and drank too much.
やけを起
In despair, I ended up quitting my job.
Kanji form, less common than kana. The reading やけ is standard.
A four-character compound meaning 'desperation' or 'abandoning oneself to despair', often used in more formal or emphatic contexts. やけ is more colloquial and commonly used in everyday speech.
Means 'hopelessness' or 'despair' in a more general sense, without the reckless, self-destructive nuance of やけ.
Derived from the verb 焼ける (やける, 'to burn'), metaphorically extended to a state of being 'burned up' with despair or reckless emotion. The kanji 自棄 is an ateji assignment based on meaning.