Word Meaning 断食

だんじき danjiki

断食 is read as だんじき (danjiki) and means fasting.

Meaning

English

  1. fasting
  2. fast

Reading

Kana

だんじき

Romaji

danjiki

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 15237 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

断食月

だんじきづき

month of fasting

断つ

たつ

to abstain (from)

断念

だんねん

abandoning (hope, plans)

断る

ことわる

to ask leave

断定

だんてい

affirmative

断水

だんすい

suspension of water supply

断然

だんぜん

definitely (wrong, different, etc.)

断じて

だんじて

absolutely

断絶

だんぜつ

extinction (e.g. of a family)

断言

だんげん

assertion

だん

decision

断続

だんぞく

intermittence

Example Sentences

4

I'm fasting.

I am fasting today.

Tom looks forward to celebrating Eid ul-Fitr to mark the end of the fast.

I'm not a Muslim and so I have no obligation to observe the fast but as long as I'm living in the same apartment having consideration for such a custom is important.