Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
れん
Grade: 4
たい
Grade: 2

Grade: 6
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Alternative spelling
連體詞 (kyūjitai)
 
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Etymology edit

Compound of 連体 (rentai, attribution, of a noun; limited to grammatical contexts, literally accompanying an uninflecting word) +‎ (-shi, word; part of speech).[1][2][3][4]

First cited to a text from 1937.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(れん)(たい)() (rentaishi

  1. [from 1937] (grammar) an adnominal (attributive word: cannot be used predicatively and must precede a 体言 (taigen, uninflecting word) in Japanese grammar; examples are この (kono, this), 所謂 (iwayuru, so-called), 主たる (shu-taru, main), 単なる (tan-naru, mere), etc.)

See also edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 連体詞”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ^ 連体詞”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ 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