noun
word stem; stem
Linguistics term for the non-inflecting part of a word to which inflectional endings are attached.
日本語の動詞「食べる」の語幹は「食べ」です。
The stem of the Japanese verb 'taberu' is 'tabe'.
語幹に活用語尾が付いて単語が変
Words change by attaching inflectional endings to the stem.