間かん接せつ目もく的てき語ご

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Meanings

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noun

indirect object

grammar

Grammatical term for the entity indirectly affected by the action, typically marked by に in Japanese.

間interval, space

接touch, contact, adjoin

目eye, class, look

的bull's eye, mark, target

語word, speech, language

直ちょく接せつ目もく的てき語ご
Direct object; the entity directly acted upon, typically marked by を.
目もく的てき語ご
General term for object; includes both direct and indirect objects.

Compound of 間接 (indirect) + 目的語 (object), a calque from Western grammatical terminology.