形容詞

See also: 形容词

Chinese

word; phrase; classical Chinese poem
trad. (形容詞) 形容
simp. (形容词) 形容

Pronunciation


Noun

形容詞

  1. (grammar) adjective

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
けい
Grade: 2
よう
Grade: 5

Grade: 6
on’yomi

Compound of 形容 (keiyō, description; form) + (shi, word; part of speech).

Pronunciation

Noun

形容詞 (hiragana けいようし, rōmaji keiyōshi)

  1. (grammar) a word that modifies or describes a noun or nominal phrase: an adjective
  2. (grammar) more specific to Japanese grammar, an adjective with an attributive form that ends in (-i)

See also

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

形容詞 (hyeongyongsa) (hangeul 형용사)

  1. Hanja form? of 형용사 (adjective).
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