noun
pre-noun adjectival; adnominal adjective
A part of speech in Japanese grammar that modifies nouns directly, like この, 大きな, いわゆる. Used in linguistic and educational contexts.
「この」や「大きな」は連体詞に分類される。
Words like この and 大きな are classified as pre-noun adjectivals.
形容動詞 (na-adjectives) take な before nouns and can end sentences, whereas 連体詞 are fixed forms that only appear before nouns.
Compound of 連体 (rentai, 'attributive') + 詞 (shi, 'word'). The term was coined in Japanese linguistics to describe words that only appear before nouns.