体言

See also: 體言

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 体言 – see 體言 (“uninflected/indeclinable word, indeclinable nominal”). (This term, 体言, is the simplified form of 體言.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
体	言
たい Grade: 2	げん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
體言 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• IPA^(key): [ta̠iɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

体(たい)言(げん) • (taigen)  (kyūjitai 體言)

1. (grammar) indeclinable nominal; (In Japanese, means nominals (noun, pronoun))

Antonyms

• 用言(ようげん) (yōgen): declinable word