疑ぎ似じ直ちょく接せつ目もく的てき語ご

noun

pseudo-direct object

Linguistics term for a noun phrase that behaves like a direct object syntactically but is not a semantic patient. Used in discussions of Japanese grammar, especially with verbs like 歩く in 道を歩く.

• 「道みちを歩あるく」の「道みち」は疑ぎ似じ直ちょく接せつ目もく的てき語ごと呼よばれることがある。

  The 道 in 道を歩く is sometimes called a pseudo-direct object.