二段活用

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
二 段 活 用
に
Grade: 1 		だん
Grade: 6 		かつ
Grade: 2 		よう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

二(に)段(だん)活(かつ)用(よう) • (nidan katsuyō) 

  1. (grammar) The Classical Japanese bigrade verb conjugation class, consisting of the two subclasses of 上(かみ)二(に)段(だん)活(かつ)用(よう) (kami nidan katsuyō, “upper-bigrade conjugation”) and 下(しも)二(に)段(だん)活(かつ)用(よう) (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower-bigrade conjugation”)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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