Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
めい
Grade: 3
れい
Grade: 4
けい
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology edit

命令 (meirei) +‎ (-kei)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(めい)(れい)(けい) (meireikei

  1. (grammar) the imperative form; an inflectional category

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • Shibatani, Masayoshi (1990) The languages of Japan, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 221-224