動どう詞し

ど

う

し

Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

noun

verb

grammar

Grammatical term for a part of speech that expresses action, occurrence, or state. Used in linguistics and language study.

日本にほん語ごの動どう詞しは文ぶんの最さい後ごに来くる

こと

が

多おお

い

。

Japanese verbs often come at the end of a sentence.

この動どう詞しの活かつ用ようを教おしえてください。

Please tell me the conjugation of this verb.

Usage patterns

動どう詞しを活かつ用ようさせるto conjugate a verb
「食たべる」という動どう詞しを活かつ用ようさせると「食たべます」になる。
When you conjugate the verb 'taberu,' it becomes 'tabemasu.'
動どう詞しの活かつ用よう形けいthe conjugated forms of a verb
この表ひょうには動どう詞しの活かつ用よう形けいがまとめられている。
This table summarizes the conjugated forms of the verb.

Kanji

動move, motion, change
詞part of speech, words, poetry

Don't confuse with

名めい詞しN2
動詞 refers to verbs (words expressing action or state), while 名詞 refers to nouns, so learners studying parts of speech must keep the two categories distinct.
形けい容よう詞しN2
動詞 is the verb category (action/occurrence/state), whereas 形容詞 is the adjective category describing qualities, and beginners often confuse which words belong to each.
助じょ動どう詞しN1
動詞 is a main, independent verb, while 助動詞 is an auxiliary verb that attaches to another verb to add meaning like tense or negation, and learners sometimes mislabel one as the other.

Word family· 44

助じょ動どう詞しN1
inflecting dependent word; bound auxiliary · auxiliary verb (non-Japanese)
他た動どう詞しN1
transitive verb
自じ動どう詞しN1
intransitive verb

Etymology

Compound of 動 (movement, action) and 詞 (word, part of speech), literally 'action word'. The term was coined in the Meiji period as a translation of Western grammatical concepts.

形けい容よう動どう詞し

N2

adjectival noun; na-adjective

代だい動どう詞し

pro-verb

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動どう詞し化か
verbification; verbing
動どう詞し句く
verb phrase; verbal phrase
句く動どう詞し
phrasal verb
定てい動どう詞し
finite verb
形けい動どう詞し
participle
感かん動どう詞し
interjection
本ほん動どう詞し
main verb
法ほう動どう詞し
modal verb

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