Linguistics term for Japanese particles (助詞). Used in grammatical descriptions.
See also: 助詞
Wa and ga are types of Japanese particles.
auxiliary word (particles and auxiliary verbs)
Broader linguistics term covering both particles (助詞) and auxiliary verbs (助動詞) in Japanese.
auxiliary character (in kanbun)
Refers to auxiliary characters used in kanbun (classical Chinese texts read in Japanese). Also written 助字.
See also: 助字 (じょじ)
Auxiliary words include particles and auxiliary verbs.
In kanbun, auxiliary characters are used to indicate sentence structure.
Compound of 助 (jo, 'help, assist') and 辞 (ji, 'word, expression'). The term is used in traditional Japanese grammar and kanbun studies.