grammar (bunpou)
代名詞
daimeiši
(1)(ling) pronoun, (2)synonym, classic example, pattern, byword, representative bunpou
訛り
namari
(1)(uk) accent (of one's speech), (2)dialect, provincialism, patois, (3)corrupted form (e.g. of word), mispronunciation bunpou
国字
kokudži
(1)country's official writing system, native script, (2)kana, (3)kanji that originated in Japan (as opposed to China) bunpou
口語
kougo
(1)spoken language, (2)literary style based on (modern) spoken language bunpou
外来語
gairaigo
(ling) borrowed word, foreign origin wordbunpou
謙譲語
kendžougo
(ling) humble language (e.g. itadaku)bunpou
命令形
meireikei
(ling) imperative form, commandbunpou
打ち消し
učikeši
(ling) negation, denial, negativebunpou
音韻学
on'ingaku
(ling) phonetics, phonologybunpou
句読点
kutouten
(ling) punctuation mark, punctuation marksbunpou
状態動詞
džoutaidouši
(ling) stative verb, state verb, non-progressive verbbunpou
語幹
gokan
(ling) stem, root of a wordbunpou
畳語
džougo
(ling) syllable repetition (indicating plurals)bunpou
俗語
zokugo
colloquialism, colloquial languagebunpou
共通語
kjoucuugo
common term, common language, lingua franca, standard languagebunpou
万葉仮名
man'jougana
early Japanese syllabary composed of Chinese characters used phoneticallybunpou
敬語
keigo
honorific, term of respectbunpou
仮名遣い
kanadzukai
kana orthography, syllabary spellingbunpou
常用漢字
džoujoukandži
kanji for common use (list of 2,136 kanji established in 2010, formerly a list of 1,945 established in 1981)bunpou
半濁点
handakuten
maru mark, semivoiced sound, p-soundbunpou
片言
katakoto
(1)brief remark, few words, (2)one side (e.g. of an argument), ex-parte statement bunpou
部首
bušu
radical (of a kanji character)bunpou
標準語
hjoudžungo
standard language (of a country), standard Japanesebunpou
広義
kougi
wide sense, broader applicationbunpou