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形けい容よう詞し

grammarnounnoun (generic)

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けいようし

Meanings

adjective, i-adjective (in Japanese)

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Example sentences

形容詞けいようしは文ぶんの中なかで名詞めいしを修飾しゅうしょくする働はたらきをします。

Adjectives function to modify nouns within a sentence.

日本語にほんごの形容詞けいようしにはい形容詞けいようしとな形容詞けいようしの二種類にしゅるいがある。

In Japanese, there are two types of adjectives: i-adjectives and na-adjectives.

この文法書ぶんぽうしょには形容詞けいようしの活用形かつようけいが詳くわしく説明せつめいされていない。

This grammar book does not explain the conjugated forms of adjectives in detail.

形容詞けいようしを正ただしく使つかえるようになるには練習れんしゅうが必要ひつようだ。

Practice is necessary to be able to use adjectives correctly.

先生せんせいは学生がくせいに、形容詞けいようしと副詞ふくしの違ちがいについて丁寧ていねいに教おしえた。

The teacher carefully taught the students about the difference between adjectives and adverbs.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)