ナ行ぎょう変へん格かく活かつ用よう

noun

n-irregular conjugation (classical Japanese)

A technical grammar term referring to a specific irregular verb class in classical Japanese, where the stem ends in ナ行 (n-column) sounds. Only a few verbs belong to this class, notably 死ぬ (shinu) and 往ぬ (inu).

• 古こ典てん文ぶん法ぽうでは、「死しぬ