中ちゅう止し形けい

noun

continuative form used as a conjunction

A grammatical term for the -masu stem (連用形) when it functions like 'and' to connect clauses in formal or written Japanese.

• 「走はしり、跳とび、投なげる」の「走はしり」と「跳とび」は中ちゅう止し形けいです。

  In 'hashiri, tobi, nageru', 'hashiri' and 'tobi' are continuative forms used as conjunctions.

• 論ろん文ぶんでは、動どう詞しの中ちゅう止し形けいを使つかって文ぶんをつなぐことが多おおい。

  In academic papers, sentences are often connected using the continuative form of verbs.