堕胎

See also: 墮胎

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 堕胎 – see 墮胎 (“to abort a fetus; to induce an abortion”). (This term is the simplified form of 墮胎).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
堕	胎
だ Grade: S	たい Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
墮胎 (kyūjitai)

Noun

堕(だ)胎(たい) • (datai) 

1. induced abortion

Usage notes

• Abortion is illegal in Japan. Although there are some exceptions under special conditions, in laws these exceptions are referred to as 中(ちゅう)絶(ぜつ) (chūzetsu) instead. This has influenced the Japanese language and 中絶 is generally preferred over 堕胎 today. (further readings in Japanese)

Verb

堕(だ)胎(たい)する • (datai suru) suru (stem 堕(だ)胎(たい)し (datai shi), past 堕(だ)胎(たい)した (datai shita))

1. to abort a foetus; to induce an abortion

Conjugation

Conjugation of "堕胎する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	堕胎し	だたいし	datai shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	堕胎し	だたいし	datai shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	堕胎する	だたいする	datai suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	堕胎する	だたいする	datai suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	堕胎すれ	だたいすれ	datai sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	堕胎せよ¹ 堕胎しろ²	だたいせよ¹ だたいしろ²	datai seyo¹ datai shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	堕胎される	だたいされる	datai sareru
Causative	堕胎させる 堕胎さす	だたいさせる だたいさす	datai saseru datai sasu
Potential	堕胎できる	だたいできる	datai dekiru
Volitional	堕胎しよう	だたいしよう	datai shiyō
Negative	堕胎しない	だたいしない	datai shinai
Negative continuative	堕胎せず	だたいせず	datai sezu
Formal	堕胎します	だたいします	datai shimasu
Perfective	堕胎した	だたいした	datai shita
Conjunctive	堕胎して	だたいして	datai shite
Hypothetical conditional	堕胎すれば	だたいすれば	datai sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

• “堕胎”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026