用よう言げん

noun

inflectable word; conjugatable word

In Japanese grammar, a word class that includes verbs, adjectives, and auxiliary verbs—words that conjugate. Contrasts with 体言 (uninflected words like nouns).

See also: 体言

• 日本にほん語ごの用よう言げんには動どう詞しや形けい容よう詞しが含ふくまれる。

  Japanese inflectable words include verbs and adjectives.

• 用よう言げんは活かつ用ようする自じ立りつ語ごです。

  Inflectable words are independent words that conjugate.