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形態素

Reading

Kana: けいたいそ
Romaji: keitaiso
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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morpheme

(Linguistics terminology)

Kanji

Readings: ケイ、 ギョウ、 かた、 -がた、 かたち、 なり
Meanings: shape, form, style
Readings: タイ、 わざ.と
Meanings: attitude, condition, figure, appearance, voice (of verbs)
Readings: ソ、 ス、 もと
Meanings: elementary, principle, naked, uncovered

Example Sentence

このことの理由(りゆう)は、それらの形態素(けいたいそ)変異形(へんいがた)がまったく見出(みいだ)されなかったからである。
➥The reason for this is that we found no variation of those morphemes.
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