noun
continuative form used as a conjunction
A grammatical term for the -masu stem (連用形) when it functions like 'and' to connect clauses in formal or written Japanese.
「走り、跳び、投げる」の「走り」と「跳び」は中止形です。
In 'hashiri, tobi, nageru', 'hashiri' and 'tobi' are continuative forms used as conjunctions.
論文では、動詞の中止形を使って文をつなぐことが多い。
In academic papers, sentences are often connected using the continuative form of verbs.
テ形 (te-form) is the more common spoken equivalent for connecting clauses, while 中止形 is typical in formal writing.
Compound of 中止 (chūshi, 'suspension' or 'stop') and 形 (kei, 'form'), referring to a verb form that 'stops' one clause before continuing to the next.