| Word form | zesshoku |
| Original script | 絶食 |
| LWT meaning(s) | |
| Word meaning | noun. fasting for any reason, including non-religious fasting for health reasons |
| Grammatical info | do-support |
| Analyzability | analyzable compound |
| Gloss | zetsu-shoku interrupt-eat |
| Age | Early Modern Japanese [21] (1604–1867) |
| Lexical stratum | kango |
| Year | 1716 |
| Comparison with Mandarin | different term |
| Register | General |
| Numeric frequency | 0 |