已然形

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
已 然 形
い
Jinmeiyō 		ぜん
Grade: 4 		けい
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

已(い)然(ぜん)形(けい) • (izenkei) 

  1. (grammar) a verbal inflectional category; the realis form as used in classical Japanese, which indicates that something is already the case, or in the process of happening. This form has evolved into the conditional form in modern Japanese without phonemic change.

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References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  • Shibatani, Masayoshi (1990) The languages of Japan, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 221-224
  • Kokugo Dai Jiten Dictionary. Shinsou-ban (Revised edition), Shogakukan, 1988
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