補助形容詞

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 6
じょ
Grade: 3
けい
Grade: 2
よう
Grade: 5

Grade: 6
kan'on goon kan'on
Examples
  • 欲しい (hoshii, wanted; wished; desired) combines with 来て (kite, from 来る (kuru, (will) come(s))) to form 来てほしい (it is wished that one had come), expressing a desire

Etymology

補助 (to support) +‎ 形容詞 (adjective)

Pronunciation

Noun

()(じょ)(けい)(よう)() (hojo keiyōshi

  1. a free Japanese adjective (自立語 (jiritsugo)) that can be grammaticalized by being attached to an inflectional form of another 用言 (yōgen, inflected word)
    Coordinate term: 補助動詞

References

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