詞
part of speech, words, poetry
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
Study
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.