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Japanese Grammatical Terms
By Can (original WordPress byline: dimitri2012) ·
Dear all,
I have made a list of Japanese grammatical terms. Please feel free to use it. The list will add up more and more.
If i have time, i will go through how to all this link up together and why it is important to know all these terms.
/Can
| Hiragana | Roomaji | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 名詞(めいし) | mei-shi | Noun (e.g things, objects) |
| 動詞（どうし） | dou-shi | Verb (i.e action words like eat, drink, etc) e.g たべます、のみます |
| 形容詞（けいようし） | kei-you-shi | Adjective (i.e descriptive words like pretty, happy, etc) (e.g いそがしい、たかい) |
| 接続詞 (せつぞくし) | se-tsu-zo-ku-shi | Conjunction (e.g そして、それから) |
| 助詞（じょし） | jyo-shi | Particle (e.g は (wa) , が (ga, etc) |
| 副詞 (ふくし) | fu-ku-shi | Adverb (e.g だんだん、ときどき) |
| 疑問詞 (ぎもんし) | gi-mon-shi | Question word (E.g who, what, etc) |
| 感動詞 (かんどうし) | kan-dou-shi | Interjection (e.g 「ああ」「はい」「いいえ」) |
| 助動詞 (じょどうし) | jou-dou-shi | auxiliary verb (e.g ～されます、～そうです、～ようだ) |