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August 5, 2020

Japanese Grammatical Terms

These word classification terms can help the learner understand grammatical concepts from Japanese books and when asking a grammar question to a Japanese person. Review the terms and then take a quiz at the bottom of this page.


名詞(めいし)

noun
((ねこ) cat、(ほん) book、飛行機(ひこうき) plane…)


動詞(どうし)

verb
(()べる to eat、(かんが)える to think、(はな)す to speak…)


形容詞(けいようし)

adjective
((あお)い blue、かわいい cute、きれい beautiful…)


副詞(ふくし)

adverb


(けい)

~form
(For example: て(けい) te-form、ない(けい) negative form、ます(けい) masu-form…)


代名詞(だいめいし)

pronoun
((かれ) he、(かれ)ら they、あなた you)


人称代名詞(にんしょうだいめいし)

personal pronoun


自動詞(じどうし)

intransitive verb
(Example: (はじ)まる — an activity begins)


他動詞(たどうし)

transitive verb
(Example: (はじ)める — someone or something begins something)


可能動詞(かのうどうし)

potential verb


状態動詞(じょうたいどうし)

stative verb


助詞(じょし)

particles
(such as は、が、を、へ、etc.)


使役(しえき)

causative
(~せる・~させる)


()()

passive
(~れる・~られる)


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