形けい容よう詞し

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

noun

adjective; Japanese i-adjective

grammar

A grammar term. In Japanese school grammar, 形容詞 most specifically refers to conjugating i-adjectives such as 高い and 新しい; the English word 'adjective' is broader and may also include words treated in Japanese grammar as 形容動詞 or other modifiers.

「高たかい」は

形けい

容よう

詞し

です

。

Takai is an adjective.

形けい容よう詞しは名めい詞しを修しゅう飾しょくすることができます。

Adjectives can modify nouns.

Usage patterns

形けい容よう詞しが〈物もの〉を修しゅう飾しょくするan adjective modifies a noun
「高たかい」という形けい容よう詞しは「山やま」という名めい詞しを修しゅう飾しょくする。
The adjective 'takai' (high) modifies the noun 'yama' (mountain).
〈語ご〉を形けい容よう詞し化かするto turn a word into an adjective
「学がく生せい」を形けい容よう詞し化かすると「学がく生せい的てき」になる。
If you turn 'gakusei' (student) into an adjective, you get 'gakuseiteki'.

Kanji

形shape, form, style
容contain, form, looks
詞part of speech, words, poetry

Don't confuse with

形けい容よう動どう詞しN2
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.
連れん体たい詞し
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.
副ふく詞しN2
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.
動どう詞しN3
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.

Word family· 18

い形けい容よう詞し
i-adjective
ナ形けい容よう詞し
na-adjective; adjectival noun
形けい容よう詞し句く
adjective phrase; adjectival phrase

Built from

形けい容よう+詞し

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese grammar term combining 形容, 'description' or 'depiction,' with 詞, 'word' or 'part of speech.'

形けい容よう詞し幹かん

stem of an adjective; adjectival stem

形けい容よう詞し的てき

adjectival

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叙じょ述じゅつ形けい容よう詞し
predicate adjective; predicative adjective
固こ有ゆう形けい容よう詞し
proper adjective
指し示じ形けい容よう詞し
demonstrative adjective
疑ぎ問もん形けい容よう詞し
interrogative adjective
第だい一いち形けい容よう詞し
type-1 adjective; ku-adjective

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