How to say phrase in Japanese

フレーズFUREEZU

noun:

  • phrase
  • strawberry - From French "fraise"

Example Sentences

「five minutes」ってtte名詞句meishikudeいいiiんですndesuyone
It's OK to think of 'five minutes' as a noun phrase, right?
canha助動詞jodoushiですdesuのでnode疑問文gimonbundeha文頭buntouni持ってきますmottekimasu
'can' is an auxiliary verb, so in question sentences it is brought to the start of the phrase.
いかにもikanimo敬虔keikenなるnaruクリスチャンKURISUCHANga送るokuru礼節reisetsu重きomoki言葉kotobaですdesu
So characteristic of what a pious Christian would say, this courteous phrase.
背が伸びてseganobite入らないhairanaiwayone」「そうsou断じてdanjite太ったfutottaわけではないwakedehanai!」「成長seichouしたshitatoいうiu便利なbenrina言葉kotobaha我々warewareno切り札kirifuda
"We've got taller so they don't fit." "Right, it's certainly not that we've got fat!" "The useful phrase 'grown up' is our trump card."
このようなkonoyouna名詞句meishikuwo隠れkakure疑問文gimonbun(concealed question)toいいますiimasu
This type of noun phrase is called a "concealed question".

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