"連用形" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ɾẽ̞ɰ̃jo̞ːke̞ː] Forms: 連用形 [canonical] (ruby: (れん), (よう), (けい)), ren'yōkei [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of 連用 (ren'yō, “attaching to an inflecting word”, where 用 (yō) is short for 用言 (yōgen, “inflecting word”)) + 形 (kei, “form”). Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|連用|形|pos1=where <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">用</i> (yō) is short for <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">用言</i> (yōgen, “inflecting word”)|sort=れんようけい|t1=attaching to an inflecting word|t2=form|tr1=ren'yō|tr2=kei}} 連用 (ren'yō, “attaching to an inflecting word”, where 用 (yō) is short for 用言 (yōgen, “inflecting word”)) + 形 (kei, “form”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|れんようけい}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) • (ren'yōkei)
  1. (grammar) an inflectional category: the continuative or stem form for verbs, the adverbial form for adjectives Wikipedia link: Daijirin Related terms: 已然形 (izenkei) (ruby: (), (ぜん), (けい)) (english: realis), 仮定形 (kateikei) (ruby: (), (てい), (けい)) (english: conditional), 終止形 (shūshikei) (ruby: (しゅう), (), (けい)) (english: conclusive), 未然形 (mizenkei) (ruby: (), (ぜん), (けい)) (english: irrealis), 命令形 (meireikei) (ruby: (めい), (れい), (けい)) (english: imperative), 連体形 (rentaikei) (ruby: (れん), (たい), (けい)) (english: attributive)
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Download raw JSONL data for 連用形 meaning in Japanese (3.2kB)

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