補助形容詞

Japanese
Kanji in this term
補 助 形 容 詞
ほ
Grade: 6		 じょ
Grade: 3		 けい
Grade: 2		 よう
Grade: 5		 し
Grade: 6
kan’on goon kan’on
Examples
  • 欲しい (hoshii, “wanted; wished; desired”) combines with 来て (kite, from 来る (kuru, “(will) come(s)”)) to form 来てほしい (“it is wished that one had come”), expressing a desire

Etymology

補助 (“to support”) +‎ 形容詞 (“adjective”)

Pronunciation
  • On’yomi
    • (Tokyo) ほじょけーよ​ーし [hòjó kééyóꜜòshì] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
    • IPA(key): [ho̞ʑo̞ ke̞ːjo̞ːɕi]

Noun

補(ほ)助(じょ)形(けい)容(よう)詞(し) • (hojo keiyōshi) 

  1. a free Japanese adjective (自立語 (jiritsugo)) that can be grammaticalized by being attached to an inflectional form of another 用言 (yōgen, “inflected word”)
    Coordinate term: 補助動詞

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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