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準体助詞 (juntaijoshi) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

準じゅん体たい助じょ詞し

じゅ

ん

た

い

じょ

し

Meanings

1

phrasal particle; nominalizing particle

A grammatical term for a particle that attaches to a phrase and acts on the whole phrase, such as the nominalizing の in 行くのをやめる. Used in linguistic descriptions.

「行いくのをやめる」の「の」は準

じゅん

体たい

助じょ

詞し

と

呼よ

ば

れる

。

The の in 行くのをやめる is called a phrasal particle.

Kanji

準semi-, correspond to, proportionate to
体body, substance, object
助help, rescue, assist
詞part of speech, words, poetry

Related words

格かく助じょ詞し
格助詞 marks the grammatical case of a noun, while 準体助詞 nominalizes a phrase.
形けい式しき名めい詞し
形式名詞 is a formal noun that turns a clause into a noun phrase, similar in function but classified as a noun rather than a particle.

Built from

準じゅん+体たい+助じょ詞し

Etymology

Compound of 準体 (quasi-substantive) and 助詞 (particle), a technical term from Japanese grammar.