活用語

Japanese

Kanji in this term
活	用	語
かつ Grade: 2	よう Grade: 2	ご Grade: 2
kan'on		goon

Etymology

Compound of 活(かつ)用(よう) (katsuyō, “inflection”) + 語(ご) (go, “word, term”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かつよーご [kàtsúyóógó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ka̠t͡sɨjo̞ːɡo̞]

Noun

活(かつ)用(よう)語(ご) • (katsuyōgo) ^{←くわつようご (kwatuyougo)^?}

(Japanese grammar) conjugational parts of speech
Hyponyms: 動詞 (dōshi, “verb”), 形容詞 (keiyōshi, “adjective”), 形容動詞 (keiyō dōshi, “-na adjective”), 助動詞 (jodōshi, “auxiliary verb”)

Related terms

用(よう)言(げん) (yōgen)

References

^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN