助じょ詞し

じょ

し

Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

particle; postpositional particle

A grammatical term for function words (e.g., が, を, に, は) that attach to other words to indicate grammatical relationships. Used in linguistics and Japanese language education.

「は」や「が」

は

日本にほん

語ご

の

助じょ

詞し

です

。

'Wa' and 'ga' are Japanese particles.

この文ぶんの助じょ詞しの使つかい方かたを説せつ明めいしてください。

Please explain how the particles are used in this sentence.

Usage patterns

〈語ご〉に助じょ詞しをつけるto attach a particle to a word
名めい詞しに助じょ詞しをつけて文ぶんを作つくる。
You attach a particle to a noun to form a sentence.
助じょ詞しを省しょう略りゃくするto omit a particle
話はなし言こと葉ばではよく助じょ詞しを省しょう略りゃくする。
In spoken Japanese, particles are often omitted.
助じょ詞しの使つかい方かたhow to use particles
外がい国こく人じん学がく習しゅう者しゃは助じょ詞しの使つかい方かたに苦く労ろうする。
Foreign learners struggle with how to use particles.

Kanji

助help, rescue, assist
詞part of speech, words, poetry

Don't confuse with

助じょ動どう詞しN1
助詞 are particles that mark grammatical relations (が, を, に), while 助動詞 are auxiliary verbs that attach to words to add meaning like tense or politeness (だ, です, た).

Word family· 8

係かかり助じょ詞し
binding particle; linking particle
副ふく助じょ詞し
adverbial particle
格かく助じょ詞し
case-marking particle
並へい列れつ助じょ詞し
parallel marker; listing particle

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接せつ続ぞく助じょ詞し
conjunctive particle
準じゅん体たい助じょ詞し
phrasal particle; nominalizing particle
間かん投とう助じょ詞し
interjectory particle

Etymology

Compound of 助 (help, assist) and 詞 (word, part of speech). The term was coined in Japanese linguistics to describe grammatical particles.

並へい立りつ助じょ詞し

parallel marker; listing particle