形容詞

See also: 形容词

Chinese

 
to describe; facial appearance; looks; countenance
 word; phrase; classical Chinese poem
trad. (形容詞) 形容 詞
simp. (形容词) 形容 词

Pronunciation

Noun

形容詞

  1. (grammar) adjective

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
形 容 詞
けい
Grade: 2		 よう
Grade: 5		 し
Grade: 6
on’yomi

Compound of 形容 (keiyō, “description; form”) +‎ 詞 (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 い (​-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
形容詞

Noun

形容詞 • (hyeongyongsa) (hangeul 형용사)

  1. Hanja form? of 형용사 (“adjective”).
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