自じ爆ばく

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自爆する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

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

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

suicide bombing; self-destruction; blowing oneself up

Refers to intentionally destroying oneself, often with explosives, or metaphorically causing one's own downfall. Can be used for literal suicide attacks or figurative self-sabotage.

テロリストが車くるまで自じ爆ばくした。
The terrorist carried out a suicide bombing with a car.
彼かれの失しつ言げんは自じ爆ばくだった。
His gaffe was self-destruction.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が自じ爆ばくするfor someone to blow themselves up
テロリストは警けい察さつに追おい詰つめられ、その場ばで自じ爆ばくした。
Cornered by the police, the terrorist blew himself up on the spot.
〈人ひと〉が〈事こと〉で自じ爆ばくするfor someone to self-sabotage because of something (e.g. their own words or actions)
彼かれは自じ分ぶんの発はつ言げんで自じ爆ばくし、信しん頼らいを失うしなった。
He self-destructed with his own remarks and lost people's trust.

Kanji

自oneself
爆bomb, burst open, pop

Related words

自じ滅めつN1
自滅 is the general word for self-destruction or ruining oneself through one's own mistakes, while 自爆 specifically evokes exploding oneself (literally or as a vivid metaphor for self-sabotage).
自じ殺さつN3
自殺 is the neutral, general word for suicide, whereas 自爆 implies violent self-destruction, often with explosives or as a dramatic metaphor.
特とっ攻こう
特攻 refers specifically to a military suicide attack (like kamikaze missions), while 自爆 is broader and can also describe civilian bombings or purely figurative self-sabotage.
玉ぎょく砕さい
自爆 focuses on the literal act of blowing oneself up or self-destructing, while 玉砕 emphasizes the honorable or metaphorical aspect of a doomed but noble effort.

Don't confuse with

自じ縛ばく
自縛 (same reading じばく) means binding or restraining oneself, as in the idiom 自縄自縛, while 自爆 means blowing oneself up or self-destructing.
自じ滅めつN1
自爆 means to blow oneself up or suddenly self-destruct in a dramatic, often violent way, while 自滅 refers to a broader, often gradual process of ruining oneself through foolish actions.

Word family

自じ爆ばくテロ
suicide bombing (as terrorism)
自じ爆ばく営えい業ぎょう
self-destructive sales practice; forcing employees to buy their own products to meet quotas
自じ爆ばく攻こう撃げき
suicide bomb attack
自じ爆ばく装そう置ち
self-destruct system; automatic detonator; self-detonating device

Etymology

A modern compound of 自, “self,” and 爆, “explode,” denoting an explosion that destroys its source or the act of blowing oneself up.