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形容詞 (けいようし) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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」
は
形けい
容よう
詞し
です
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Adjectives can modify nouns.
Kanji 詞 part of speech, words, poetry Don't confuse with 形容詞 refers to conjugating i-adjectives like 高い, while 形容動詞 refers to na-adjectives like 静か that take な before a noun and conjugate differently.
形容詞 conjugates and can serve as a predicate, while 連体詞 never conjugates and only modifies nouns directly, like この or大きな.
副詞 (adverb) modifies verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs, while 形容詞 (adjective) modifies nouns, and learners often mix up the two similarly-named parts of speech.
動詞 is the verb category (action/occurrence/state), whereas 形容詞 is the adjective category describing qualities, and beginners often confuse which words belong to each.
Etymology A Sino-Japanese grammar term combining 形容, 'description' or 'depiction,' with 詞, 'word' or 'part of speech.'
If you turn 'gakusei' (student) into an adjective, you get 'gakuseiteki'.
形けい 容よう 詞し 幹かん
stem of an adjective; adjectival stem
