N2684/1725

代だい名めい詞し

grammarnounnoun (generic)

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だいめいし

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Example sentences

「私わたし」は一人称いちにんしょうの代名詞だいめいしです。

"Watashi" is a first-person pronoun.

日本語にほんごの代名詞だいめいしは英語えいごと使つかい方かたが違ちがう場合ばあいが多おおい。

Japanese pronouns often differ in usage from English ones.

この作家さっかの名前なまえはもはや丁寧ていねいな仕事しごとぶりの代名詞だいめいしとなっている。

This author's name has become synonymous with meticulous craftsmanship.

文法ぶんぽうの授業じゅぎょうで代名詞だいめいしの使つかい方かたを詳くわしく学まなんだ。

I learned in detail about the usage of pronouns in grammar class.

渋谷しぶやはおしゃれな若者わかもの文化ぶんかの代名詞だいめいしとして世界中せかいじゅうに知しられている。

Shibuya is known throughout the world as a byword for trendy youth culture.

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.)