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補語

Reading

Kana: ほご
Romaji: hogo
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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complement

(Linguistics terminology)

Kanji

Readings: ホ、 おぎな.う
Meanings: supplement, supply, make good, offset, compensate, assistant, learner
Readings: ゴ、 かた.る、 かた.らう
Meanings: word, speech, language

Example Sentences

完全(かんぜん)自動詞(じどうし)補語(ほご)目的語(もくてきご)もとらない。
➥A complete intransitive verb takes neither complement nor object.
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不定(ふてい)(ことば)形容詞的(けいようしてき)用法(ようほう)には2種類(しゅるい)あり、①限定(げんてい)用法(ようほう)、②叙述(じょじゅつ)用法(ようほう)。②はもちろん主格(しゅかく)補語(ほご)です。
➥There are two ways of using the infinitive as an adjective, 1. attributive, 2. predicative. Naturally 2. is a subject complement.
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英語(えいご)(ぶん)構造(こうぞう)大抵(たいてい)主語(しゅご)動詞(どうし)目的語(もくてきご)補語(ほご)だ。
➥In English, the usual sentence structure is Subject - Verb - Object/Complement.
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