助辞
じょ
じ
Meanings
1
Linguistics term for Japanese particles (助詞). Used in grammatical descriptions.
See also: 助詞
Wa and ga are types of Japanese particles.
2
auxiliary word (particles and auxiliary verbs)
Broader linguistics term covering both particles (助詞) and auxiliary verbs (助動詞) in Japanese.
Auxiliary words include particles and auxiliary verbs.
3
auxiliary character (in kanbun)
Refers to auxiliary characters used in kanbun (classical Chinese texts read in Japanese). Also written 助字.
See also: 助字 (じょじ)
In kanbun, auxiliary characters are used to indicate sentence structure.