形けい状じょう詞し

noun

adjectival noun; na-adjective

A rare grammatical term used in Japanese linguistics for words that function like adjectives but take the copula, often called 形容動詞 (keiyōdōshi) in traditional grammar. This term is mainly encountered in academic or linguistic contexts.

See also: 形容動詞

• 日本にほん語ご教きょう育いくでは、形けい状じょう詞しという用よう語ごが使つかわれることがある。

  In Japanese language education, the term 形状詞 is sometimes used.

• 形けい状じょう詞しは、いわゆるナ形けい容よう詞しとほぼ同おなじ品ひん詞しを指さす。

  形状詞 refers to roughly the same part of speech as so-called na-adjectives.