繋けい辞じけいじじ字FuriganaMeanings1nouncopulagrammar›logic›Technical term in grammar and logic for a word or particle that links subject and predicate, such as だ, です, or である in Japanese.日本にほん語ごの「だ」や「です」は繋けい辞じの一いっ種しゅです。Japanese 'da' and 'desu' are types of copula.