主しゅ語ご

しゅ

ご

Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

Grammatical term for the subject of a sentence. Used in linguistics and language learning contexts.

なん

です

か

。

What is the subject of this sentence?

日本にほん語ごでは主しゅ語ごが省しょう略りゃくされることが多おおい。

In Japanese, the subject is often omitted.

〈文ぶん〉の主しゅ語ごを省しょう略りゃくするto omit the subject (of a sentence)
日本にほん語ごではよく主しゅ語ごを省しょう略りゃくする。
In Japanese, the subject is often omitted.
〈物もの〉が主しゅ語ごになるfor something to function as the subject
この文ぶんでは「猫ねこ」が主しゅ語ごになっている。
In this sentence, 'cat' is the subject.
主しゅ語ごと述じゅつ語ごが一いっ致ちするfor the subject and predicate to agree
英えい語ごでは主しゅ語ごと述じゅつ語ごの数かずが一いっ致ちする必ひつ要ようがある。

Ｓ
主語 is the full Japanese grammatical term for 'subject', while Ｓ is the shorthand symbol used in sentence-pattern notation like SOV.

述じゅつ語ごN2
主語 is the subject of a sentence, while 述語 is the predicate that describes what the subject does or is.

目もく的てき語ご
主語 marks who or what performs the action, whereas 目的語 marks the thing that receives the action, and learners often mix up which noun phrase plays which role.

Compound of 主 (shu, 'main') and 語 (go, 'word'), a straightforward kanji term for the grammatical subject.

In English, the subject and predicate must agree in number.

意い味み上じょうの主しゅ語ご

sense subject; logical subject

subject-auxiliary inversion