文語形
Japanese
editKanji in this term | ||
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文 | 語 | 形 |
ぶん Grade: 1 |
ご Grade: 2 |
けい Grade: 2 |
on'yomi |
Etymology
editCompound of 文語 (“written language”) + 形 (“form”)
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit- (linguistics) word form used in literary language
- Antonym: 口語形
Usage notes
editIn Japanese literary language, these word forms are used.
- Verbs, 有り (ari) (compare to colloquial ある (aru)), す (su) (する (suru)).
- i-adjectives, using し (shi) or き (ki) in place of modern い (i). For example, 良し (yoshi) (良い (yoi)), 無し (nashi) (無い (nai)), 古き良き (furukiyoki) (combination of 古い (furui) and 良い (yoi))
- nari-adjectives (na-adjective in modern Japanese) 静かなり (shizukanari) (静かな (shizukana))
References
editCategories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 文 read as ぶん
- Japanese terms spelled with 語 read as ご
- Japanese terms spelled with 形 read as けい
- Japanese terms read with on'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms with 3 kanji
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