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名詞節 (meishisetsu) Japanese meaning: noun clause | Kotomora

名めい詞し節せつ

め

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せ

つ

Meanings

1

noun clause; nominal clause

Linguistics term for a clause that functions as a noun within a sentence.

「彼かれが来くるかどうか」は名めい詞し節せつとして主しゅ語ごに

Kanji

名name, noted, distinguished
詞part of speech, words, poetry
節node, season, period

Related words

節せつ
節 is a general term for 'clause'; 名詞節 specifically refers to a clause that acts as a noun.
名めい詞し句く
名詞句 is a noun phrase, while 名詞節 is a noun clause (containing a subject and predicate).

なる

。

"Whether he comes" functions as a noun clause and becomes the subject.

Built from

名めい詞し+節せつ

Etymology

Compound of 名詞 (noun) and 節 (clause), a straightforward calque from Western grammatical terminology.