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動詞 (どうし) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

動どう詞し

ど

う

し

Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

noun

verb

grammar

Grammatical term for a part of speech that expresses action, occurrence, or state. Used in linguistics and language study.

日本にほん語ごの動どう詞しは文ぶんの最さい後ごに来くることが多おおい。
Japanese verbs often come at the end of a sentence.
この動

どう

詞し

の

活かつ

用よう

を

教おし

え

て

ください

。

Please tell me the conjugation of this verb.

Kanji

動move, motion, change
詞part of speech, words, poetry

Similar words

名めい詞し
名詞 means 'noun', another part of speech, while 動詞 specifically means 'verb'.
形けい容よう詞し
形容詞 means 'adjective', a different part of speech from 動詞.

Etymology

Compound of 動 (movement, action) and 詞 (word, part of speech), literally 'action word'. The term was coined in the Meiji period as a translation of Western grammatical concepts.