係かかり助じょ詞し

noun

binding particle; linking particle

A grammatical term for particles like は, も, こそ, しか that bind to a preceding element and relate it to the predicate. Used in Japanese grammar descriptions.

• 「は」や「も」は係かかり助じょ詞しに分ぶん類るいされる。

  Particles like 'wa' and 'mo' are classified as binding particles.

• 古こ典てん文ぶん法ぽうでは係かかり助じょ詞し「こそ」の結むすびに已い然ぜん形けいが来くる。

  In classical Japanese grammar, the binding particle 'koso' requires the realis form at the end of the sentence.