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所有格

Reading

Kana: しょゆうかく
Romaji: shoyuukaku
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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possessive case

(Linguistics terminology)

Kanji

Readings: ショ、 ところ、 -ところ、 どころ、 とこ
Meaning: place
Readings: ユウ、 ウ、 あ.る
Meanings: possess, have, exist, happen, occur, approx
Readings: カク、 コウ、 キャク、 ゴウ
Meanings: status, rank, capacity, character, case (law, grammar)

Example Sentence

関係(かんけい)代名詞(だいめいし)のthatは、主格(しゅかく)目的格(もくてきかく)の2つであり、所有格(しょゆうかく)はありません。
➥The relative pronoun 'that' has two states, a nominative case and objective case, but there is no possessive case.
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