辞じ書しょ形けい

noun

dictionary form

In Japanese linguistics, the base form of a verb or adjective as it appears in dictionaries; also called the plain form or 終止形.

• 動どう詞しの辞じ書しょ形けいは「食たべる」「行いく」のようにウ段だんで終おわります。

  The dictionary form of verbs ends in the u-row, like 食べる or 行く.