他動詞

Reading

Kana: たどうし
Romaji: tadoushi
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

transitive verb (direct obj.)

(Linguistics terminology)
See also: 自動詞

Kanji

Readings: タ、 ほか
Meanings: other, another, the others
Readings: ドウ、 うご.く、 うご.かす
Meanings: move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake
Reading: 
Meanings: part of speech, words, poetry

Example Sentence

動詞(どうし)には目的語(もくてきご)をとらない自動詞(じどうし)と、目的語(もくてきご)をとる他動詞(たどうし)があります。
➥With verbs there are intransitive verbs that don't take an object, and transitive verbs that do take an object.
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