指示形容詞

Japanese

Kanji in this term
指	示	形	容	詞

Etymology

From 指示(しじ, shiji):(pointing, (grammar)demonstrative) + 形容詞(けいようし, keiyōshi): (adjective)

Noun

指示形容詞 (hiragana しじけいようし, romaji shiji-keiyōshi)

1. demonstrative adjective

Related terms

• 形容詞 (けいようし, keiyōshi): (grammar)adjective

See also

• 連体詞 (れんたいし, rentaishi): (grammar) adnominal, prenominal adjective
• こんな (kon'na): (adnominal) such this (In Japanese, the thing is near to the speaker, physically or in his mind)
• そんな (son'na): (adnominal) such that (In Japanese, the thing is pointed by a gesture or the previous sentences)
• あんな (an'na): (adnominal) such that (In Japanese, the thing is far from the speaker, physically or in his mind)
• どんな (don'na): (adnominal) what-like