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Kotomora

詞

part of speech, words, poetry

JLPTN2StatusJōyō · grade 6FrequencyTop 2,000Strokes12

Readings

On'yomi

  • シ

Kun'yomi

  • ことば

Meaning

詞 centers on structured language: words as building blocks of speech, grammatical categories, and poetic expression.

Most common words using 詞

20 of 241
  • 歌詞かし

    song lyrics; words of a song; libretto

  • 台詞せりふ
    N2

    (spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines

  • 作詞さくし

    (writing) song lyrics

  • 動詞どうし
    N3

    verb

  • 代名詞だいめいし
    N2

    pronoun

  • 名詞めいし
    N2

    noun

  • 詞し

    words; writing; lyrics

  • 形容詞けいようし
    N2

    adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)

  • 固有名詞こゆうめいし

    proper noun

  • 助詞じょし
    N1

    particle; postpositional word in Japanese grammar that functions as an auxiliary to a main word

  • 副詞ふくし
    N2

    adverb

  • 助動詞じょどうし
    N1

    inflecting dependent word (in Japanese); bound auxiliary

  • 前置詞ぜんちし

    preposition

  • 接続詞せつぞくし
    N1

    conjunction

  • 枕詞まくらことば

    pillow word; decorative word used prefixally in classical Japanese literature

  • 祝詞のりと

    ritual prayer; invocation of the gods participating in a rite

  • 品詞ひんし
    N1

    part of speech

  • 分詞ぶんし

    participle

  • 冠詞かんし

    article

  • 台詞回しせりふまわし

    theatrical elocution

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Etymology

詞 combines 言 (speech, words) with 司, which likely contributes the sound and may suggest managing or arranging words.

Meaning mnemonic

The left side 言 is speech, and the right side 司 looks like a person organizing something. Picture someone arranging words into poetry or sorting them into parts of speech.

Reading mnemonic

For シ, imagine a poet writing words on a sheet of paper: sheet -> シ, and the words become poetry.