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限定形容詞 (genteikeiyoushi) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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叙じょ
述じゅつ
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法ほう
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English 'main' is an attributive adjective and cannot be used predicatively.
In Japanese linguistics, some adnominal words are sometimes called attributive adjectives.
Kanji 限 limit, restrict, to best of ability 定 determine, fix, establish 詞 part of speech, words, poetry Related words 連れん 体たい 詞し 連体詞 is a broader Japanese part-of-speech category for words that only modify nouns; 限定形容詞 is a narrower term often used in contrastive or English-oriented grammar discussions.
叙じょ 述じゅつ 形けい 容よう 詞し 叙述形容詞 (predicative adjective) is the counterpart that can be used in predicates; 限定形容詞 is restricted to attributive position.
Etymology Compound of 限定 (limiting) + 形容詞 (adjective), a calque from English 'attributive adjective' or similar Western grammatical terms.
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