体言

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See also: 體言

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 体言 – see 體言 (“uninflected/indeclinable word, indeclinable nominal”).
(This term is the simplified form of 體言).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
体 言
たい
Grade: 2 		げん
Grade: 2
goon kan'on
Alternative spelling
體言 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Coinage in Japanese from Middle Chinese-derived components, as a compound of 体 (tai, “body”) +‎ 言 (gen, “word”), literally “substantive word”.[1][2][3][4] Compare English substantive.

In Japanese grammar, contrasts with 用言 (yōgen, “inflecting word”, literally “function word”). See also the dichotomy of 体用 (taiyō, “substance and function”).

First cited in 1851.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

体(たい)言(げん) • (taigen) 

  1. (grammar) a Japanese or Korean word that does not inflect and can be used as a grammatical subject
    Hypernym: 自立語 (jiritsugo, “independent word, free-standing word”)
    Hyponyms: 数詞 (sūshi, “numeral”), 代名詞 (daimeishi, “pronoun”), 名詞 (meishi, “noun”)
    Coordinate term: 用言 (yōgen, “inflecting word”)

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “体言”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ “体言”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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