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だんていdantei Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • conclusion; decision; judgement; declaration

noun:

  • affirmative - Linguistics term

ima見るmiruことkotoからkaraあわててawatete断定danteiしてshitehaいけないikenai Don't draw a hasty conclusion from what you see now.

ちゅうせいchuusei

noun / ~の noun:

  • neutrality (incl. chemical, electrical, etc.); indifference
  • sexlessness; androgyny; androgyne; neuter
  • neuter gender - Linguistics term

リトマス紙RITOMASUshide溶液youekino液性ekisei酸性sansei中性chuusei塩基性enkiseiwo調べるshiraberuときtokihaリトマス紙RITOMASUshiwoすべてsubete溶液youekini浸すhitasunoではなくdehanakukamino先端sentanno部分bubunだけdakewo浸しますhitashimasu When investigating the pH (acidic, neutral, alkaline) of a liquid, don't soak the litmus paper completely in the liquid but just put the end of the paper in it.

ぶんたいbuntai

noun / ~の noun:

  • literary style - Linguistics term

あのano作家sakkano文体buntaiha優れているsugureteiru The writer has an excellent style.

ぶんみゃくbunmyaku

noun:

  • context - Linguistics term

特定tokuteino文脈bunmyakudeどんなdonnakatariwo使うtsukauべきbekika知っているshitteiruhitohakatarino有効なyuukouna使用者shiyoushaであるdearu An effective writer is one who knows what sort of words should be employed in any specific context.

めいしmeishiなことばnakotobaobs.

noun:

  • noun - Linguistics term

名詞meishiwo修飾shuushokuするsuruものmono形容詞keiyoushiまたはmataha形容詞相当語句keiyoushisoutougoku)。 Things that modify nouns (adjective, or adjectival equivalent).

ふくしfukushi

noun / ~の noun:

  • adverb - Linguistics term

英語eigono副詞fukushinonakaにはniha形容詞keiyoushino役目yakumewoするsuruものmonogaあるaru Some English adverbs function as adjectives.

しゅごshugo

noun / ~の noun:

  • subject - Linguistics term

英語eigonobun構造kouzouha大抵taitei主語shugo動詞doushi目的語mokutekigo補語hogoda In English, the usual sentence structure is Subject - Verb - Object/Complement.

どうかくdoukaku Inflection

noun / ~の noun / adjectival noun:

  • the same rank; equality

noun:

  • apposition - Linguistics term
けいようどうしkeiyoudoushi

noun:

  • adjectival noun (Japanese); quasi-adjective; nominal adjective; na-, taru-, nari- and tari-adjective - Linguistics term
じゅつごjutsugo

noun:

  • predicate - Linguistics term
さいけんsaiken Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation
  • protoform reconstruction - Linguistics term

そのsonoshiroha、1485nenni全焼zenshouしてshite再建saikenされなかったsarenakatta The castle, burnt down in 1485, was not rebuilt.

せつsetsu

noun:

  • occasion; time
  • section (of a literary work); paragraph; verse; stanza; passage
  • principle; integrity
  • node (of a plant stem)
  • clause - Linguistics term
  • (taxonomical) section

こちらkochiraniお出でoidenofushihaどうぞdouzoo立ち寄りtachiyoriくださいkudasai Please drop in when you come this way.

最後saigonosetsuwo省略shouryakuしてshite歌いutaiましょうかmashouka We'll sing that song, omitting the last two verses.

しゅだいshudai

noun:

  • subject; theme; motif - Linguistics term

watashihaこのkono主題shudaini精通seitsuuしているshiteiru I am familiar with this subject.

うけみukemi Inflection

noun / ~の noun / adjectival noun:

  • the defensive
  • passive attitude; passivity; passiveness
  • the passive; passive voice - Linguistics term
  • ukemi (the art of falling safely) - Martial Arts term

どうしてdoushiteそんなにsonnani受け身ukemitekinanoka仕返しshikaeshiしてshitehaどうdouda How can you be so passive? Why don't you retaliate?

公式koushiki問題集mondaishuuにはniha"受け身ukemino現在進行形genzaishinkougata"to説明setsumeiされていますsareteimasu In the official question collection it is explained as being "passive voice of the present continuous tense".

かくkaku

noun / suffix noun:

  • status; position; rank

noun:

  • method; way; style
  • rule; regulation; law
  • grammatical case - Linguistics term
  • figure (syllogism)

将軍shougunno堂々doudouとしたtoshitakakuhabaha誰でもdaredemo威圧iatsuされるsareru The general's massive presence awes everyone.

thatにはniha主格shukaku目的格mokutekikakuno2つfutatsuしかshikaなくnakukakuによるniyorukatachino変化henkahaないnai 'That' has only the two cases, nominative and objective, and it does not inflect depending on the case.

ごいgoi

noun:

  • vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology - Linguistics term

読書dokushoha語彙goiwo増やすfuyasuのにnoni役に立つyakunitatsu Reading helps you build up your vocabulary.

じょしjoshi

noun:

  • particle; postpositional word in Japanese grammar that functions as an auxiliary to a main word - Linguistics term

中国語chuugokugoにおいてnioitehaテンスTENSUwo表すarawasu場合baaiにはniha上述joujutsuのようにnoyouni助詞joshikatokiwo表すarawasukatariまたはmataha文脈bunmyakuによるniyoruものmonoga多いooi When indicating 'tense' in Chinese, as shown above, there are 'particles', 'time-specifying words' and also many cases where it depends on context.

るいすいruisui Inflection

noun:

  • analogy

noun / ~する noun:

  • analogical reasoning; analogical inference

noun:

  • analogy - Linguistics term
うちけしuchikeshi

noun:

  • negation; denial; negative - Linguistics term
じどうしjidoushi

noun:

  • intransitive verb - Linguistics term 他動詞

動詞doushiにはniha目的語mokutekigowoとらないtoranai自動詞jidoushito目的語mokutekigowoとるtoru他動詞tadoushigaありますarimasu With verbs there are intransitive verbs that don't take an object, and transitive verbs that do take an object.

しゅうしょくshuushoku Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • ornamentation; embellishment; decoration; adornment; polish up (writing)
  • modification; qualification - Linguistics term

名詞meishiwo修飾shuushokuするsuruものmono形容詞keiyoushiまたはmataha形容詞相当語句keiyoushisoutougoku)。 Things that modify nouns (adjective, or adjectival equivalent).

じょどうしjodoushi

noun:

  • auxiliary verb - Linguistics term

このkonobunha現在完了形genzaikanryougataですdesu。haveha動詞doushiではなくdehanaku助動詞jodoushi This sentence is in the present perfect. 'have' is not a verb, but an auxiliary verb.

すうしsuushi

noun:

  • numeral - Linguistics term
せつぞくしsetsuzokushi

noun:

  • conjunction - Linguistics term

関係代名詞kankeidaimeishiha接続詞setsuzokushi+代名詞daimeishinoはたらきhatarakiwoしていますshiteimasu Relative pronouns perform as 'conjunction + pronoun'.

たどうしtadoushi

noun:

  • transitive verb - Linguistics term 自動詞

動詞doushiにはniha目的語mokutekigowoとらないtoranai自動詞jidoushito目的語mokutekigowoとるtoru他動詞tadoushigaありますarimasu With verbs there are intransitive verbs that don't take an object, and transitive verbs that do take an object.

Kanji

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