Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
にん
Grade: 1
しょう
Grade: S
だい
Grade: 3
めい
Grade: 1

Grade: 6
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
人稱代名詞 (kyūjitai)
 
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Etymology edit

From (にん)(しょう) (ninshō, person) + (だい)(めい)() (daimeishi, pronoun).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) んしょーだいめーし [nìńshóó dáíméꜜèshì] (Nakadaka – [7])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ɲ̟ĩɰ̃ɕo̞ː da̠ime̞ːɕi]

Noun edit

(にん)(しょう)(だい)(めい)() (ninshō daimeishiにんしようだいめいし (ninsyou daimeisi)?

  1. (grammar) personal pronoun

Synonyms 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
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.