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語形変化

Reading

Kana: ごけいへんか
Romaji: gokeihenka
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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inflection of words (e.g. declension of nouns and conjugation of verbs)

(Linguistics terminology)

Kanji

Readings: ゴ、 かた.る、 かた.らう
Meanings: word, speech, language
Readings: ケイ、 ギョウ、 かた、 -がた、 かたち、 なり
Meanings: shape, form, style
Readings: ヘン、 か.わる、 か.わり、 か.える
Meanings: unusual, change, strange
Readings: カ、 ケ、 ば.ける、 ば.かす、 ふ.ける、 け.する
Meanings: change, take the form of, influence, enchant, delude, -ization

Example Sentence

このように、名詞(めいし)変化(へんか)のパターンがある(ほか)に、動詞(どうし)語形(ごけい)変化(へんか)現代(げんだい)英語(えいご)よりもいろいろな種類(しゅるい)がありました。
➥Accordingly, besides noun declension patterns, there also existed a greater variety of verb conjugation patterns than in Modern English.
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