修しゅう飾しょく語ご

noun

modifier; qualifier

A grammatical term for a word or phrase that modifies another element, such as an adjective modifying a noun or an adverb modifying a verb.

• 「美うつくしい花はな」の「美うつくしい」は修しゅう飾しょく語ごです。

  In 'beautiful flower,' 'beautiful' is a modifier.

• 修しゅう飾しょく語ごが多おおすぎると文ぶんがわかりにくくなります。

  Too many modifiers make a sentence hard to understand.