自じ立りつ語ご

noun

independent word; free-standing word

In Japanese grammar, a word that can form a phrase on its own, such as a noun, verb, adjective, or adverb, as opposed to a dependent element like a particle or auxiliary verb. Antonym: 付属語.

Antonyms: 付属語

• 日本にほん語ごの単たん語ごは自じ立りつ語ごと付ふ属ぞく語ごに分わけられる。

  Japanese words are divided into independent words and dependent words.

• 「走はしる」は自じ立りつ語ごだが、「ている」は付ふ属ぞく語ごだ。

  "走る" is an independent word, but "ている" is a dependent element.