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. ^ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. ^ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • Shibatani, Masayoshi (1990) The languages of Japan, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 221-224