禁欲・禁慾|きんよくkin'yoku[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbabstinence; self-denial; celibacy; asceticism; abnegation
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 禁欲する(きんよくする) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 禁欲します(きんよくします) |
| Negative (nai) | 禁欲しない(きんよくしない) |
| polite (masen) | 禁欲しません(きんよくしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 禁欲せず・禁欲せぬ(きんよくせず・きんよくせぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 禁欲した(きんよくした) |
| polite (mashita) | 禁欲しました(きんよくしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 禁欲しなかった(きんよくしなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 禁欲しませんでした(きんよくしませんでした) |
| Te form | 禁欲して(きんよくして) |
| Potential | 禁欲できる(きんよくできる) |
| Passive | 禁欲される(きんよくされる) |
| Causative | 禁欲させる(きんよくさせる) |
| Causative passive | 禁欲させられる(きんよくさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 禁欲すれば(きんよくすれば) |
| tara | 禁欲したら(きんよくしたら) |
| Volitional | 禁欲しよう(きんよくしよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 禁欲しましょう(きんよくしましょう) |
| Imperative | 禁欲しろ(きんよくしろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Related節制せっせいNeutralAbout moderation in eating, drinking and smoking — keeping within bounds; 「禁欲」 is about suppressing desire, above all sexual desire.
- Related貞潔ていけつWrittenWritten/formal: steadfast virtue and pure conduct, said of men and women alike; 「禁欲」 is the act of curbing desire.
- Related貞淑ていしゅくWrittenWritten/formal, with traditional moral overtones: describes a woman as chaste and demure.
- Related貞節ていせつWrittenWritten/formal, traditional in flavor: lifelong fidelity, typically a widow who never remarries.
- Related貞操ていそうNeutralChastity — purity in sexual matters; 「禁欲」 stresses the active curbing of desire.
- Related禁欲主義きんよくしゅぎWrittenWritten/formal: asceticism as a doctrine, philosophical or religious; 「禁欲」 is the practice itself.
- Antonym放縦ほうじゅうWrittenWritten/formal word for self-indulgence with no discipline or restraint — the opposite of the self-control of 「禁欲」.
- Antonym享楽きょうらくNeutralEnjoying pleasure to the full; the opposite of the desire-suppressing 「禁欲」.
Default: 「禁欲」 for holding down desires, sexual ones above all (「禁欲生活」). For moderation in eating, drinking, smoking choose 「節制」; the 貞-words concern chastity and fidelity, 「禁欲主義」 the doctrine. 「放縦」 and 「享楽」 are the opposites.
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