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中称 (ちゅうしょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Kanji 称 appellation, praise, admire Related words 近きん 称しょう Refers to things near the speaker (e.g., これ, ここ). 中称 refers to things near the listener.
遠えん 称しょう Refers to things far from both speaker and listener (e.g., あれ, あそこ). 中称 is intermediate in distance.
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称しょう
・
中ちゅう
称しょう
・
遠えん
称しょう
の
区く
別べつ
が
ある
。
Japanese demonstratives have a distinction between proximal, mesioproximal, and distal.
"Sore" is a mesioproximal demonstrative.
不ふ 定てい 称しょう
Refers to indefinite demonstratives (e.g., どれ, どこ). 中称 is a specific deictic category.
Etymology Compound of 中 (middle) and 称 (name, designation), referring to the medial deictic category.
