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Grammar detail: Japanese terms for parts of speech

Japanese terms for parts of speech
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The following is a list of Japanese terms for key parts of speech, as well as standard terms for the intent / purpose of a term or grammatical form.
めいし
名詞
 noun
こゆうめし
固有名詞
 proper noun
けいしきめいし
形式名詞
 nominalizer
A nominalizer is a word added to a verb or adjective that turns it into a noun phrase, a very common pattern in Japanese, which contains several nominalizers including の, もの, こと etc. See 形式名詞（けいしきめいし).
どうし
動詞
 verb
じょどうし
助動詞
 auxiliary verb
ふくごうどうし
複合動詞
 compound verb
けいようし
形容詞
 adjective; い adjective
けいようどうし
形容動詞
 な adjective
The origin of the term 形容動詞, which literally means 'verb adjective', is interesting. Originally, な adjectives emerged through the use of なる (become) to a noun (1) - for example
いだい
偉大
なる
かわ
川
. So they were literally 'adjectives formed through addition of a verb'. Over time, 'なる' became just 'な’.
れんたいし
連体詞
 other (not い or な) adjective
ぜんちし
前置詞
 preposition
じしょけい
辞書形
 dictionary form
The form that appears in a dictionary. For a verb, this is the plain form of the present tense. For a noun or adjective, it is the uninflected form.
ふつうけい
普通形
 plain form(s) of a word
The plain forms are the 'casual' or 'short' forms. For example, for the verb
た
食
べる (eat), 食べる, 食べた, 食べている etc. are all plain forms.
ていねいけい
丁寧形
 polite form(s) of a word
ふていし
不定詞
 infinitive form (dictionary form)
かつようけい
活用形
 conjugated form of a word
しゅうしけい
終止形
 predicative form
めいれいけい
命令形
 imperative form
しえきけい
使役形
 causative form
よだんかつよう
四段活用
 classical Japanese verb form
じょうけんけい
条件形
 conditional form
じょすうし
助数詞
 counter
たいひ
対比
 comparison
ひてい
否定
 negative
きょうちょう
強調
 emphasis
かんりゃくか
簡略化
 simplification (of a kanji etc.)
ひっしゃ
筆者
 cursive (form of a kanji)
かくにん
確認
 confirmation
せつめい
説明
 explanation
でんぶん
伝聞
 hearsay
もくてき
目的
 purpose
ふかひ
不可避
 inevitability
けいご
敬語
 respectful (polite) speech
ふくじょし
副助詞
 adverbial particle
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  • (1) http://lang-8.com/513709/journals/319302786637634335903230695525814963962 ⇗

Kanji used in this grammar

名
メイ   ミョウ   な name   
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詞
シ    part of speech, words, poetry   
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固
コ   かたい hard   かたまる to harden   かためる to make hard   
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有
ユウ   ウ   ある to possess; to exist   
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形
ケイ   ギョウ   shape   かたち    かた    
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式
シキ    ceremony, method, style   
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動
ドウ   うごく to move, to stir   うごかす to shift, to move   
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助
ジョ   すけ help   たすける to help, save   たすかる to be helped   
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複
フク    double, multiple   
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合
ゴウ   ガッ   カッ   あう to fit, come together   あわす to match   あわせる to unite, join   
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容
ヨウ    contents   
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偉
イ   えらい illustrious, famous   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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川
セン   かわ river   
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連
レン   つれる to take, to lead   つらねる to line up   つらなる to extend   
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体
タイ   テイ   からだ body   
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前
ゼン   まえ before   
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置
チ   おく to put   
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辞
ジ   やめる quit   
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書
ショ   かく to write   
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普
フ    universal, generally   
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通
ツ   ツウ   とおる to pass through   とおす to let pass   かよう to commute   
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食
ショク   ジキ    food   たべる to eat   くう to eat   
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丁
チョウ   テイ    a (city) block; counter for long/narrow things, blocks of tofu   
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寧
ネイ    preferable, rather; peaceful, quiet   
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不
フ   ブ    not   
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定
テイ   ジョウ   determined   さだか decidedly, truly   さだめる to decide, determine   さだまる to be determined   
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活
カツ    activity, resuscitation   
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用
ヨウ   もちいる to use   
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終
シュウ   end   おわる to come to an end   おえる to bring to an end   
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止
シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
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命
メイ   ミョウ    fate, life   いのち life   
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令
レイ    order   
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使
シ   つかう to use   
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役
ヤク   エキ    office, role; service   
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四
シ   four   よ    よつ    よっつ    よん    
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段
ダン    grade, step, stairs   
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条
ジョウ    twig   
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件
ケン    affair, matter   
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数
スウ   ス   かず number   かぞえる to count   
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対
タイ   ツイ    vis-a-vis   
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比
ヒ   くらべる to compare   
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否
ヒ   いな no   
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強
キョウ   ゴウ   つよい strong   つよまる to get stronger   つよめる to strengthen   しいる to compel, to force   
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2
調
チョウ   しらべる to investigate   ととのう to be arranged, to be in order   ととのえる to adjust, tune   
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簡
カン    simplicity   
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略
リャク    abbreviation   
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化
カ   ケ   ばける to change   
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筆
ヒツ   ふで writing brush   
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者
シャ   もの person, someone   
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確
カク   たしか certain   たしかめる to make certain   
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認
ニン   みとめる to recognize, to perceive, to approve of   
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説
セツ   ゼイ   とく to explain, persuade   
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明
メイ   ミョウ   あかり light   あかるい bright   あかるむ to brighten   あからむ to become luminous (at dawn)   あきらか obvious   あかす to lay bare   あく to open   あける to empty   
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伝
デン   つたえる to tell, transmit   つたわる to be handed down   つたう to go along   
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聞
ブン   モン   きく to listen, to hear   きこえる to be heard   
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目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
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的
テキ   まと target   
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可
カ    good, possible, approval   
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避
ヒ   さける to avoid   
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敬
ケイ   うやまう to respect, revere   
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語
ゴ   かたる to talk, relate   かたらう to talk together, chat   
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副
フク    assistant   
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