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国文法の現在形はこれからのことを示す用法が多い。

Sentence Analyzer

国文法 現在形 これから こと 示す 用法 多い

English Translation

There are many uses of the 'present tense' of Japanese grammar which indicate things yet to happen.

Furigana

国文法(こくぶんぽう)現在形(げんざいがた)はこれからのことを(しめ)用法(ようほう)(おお)い。

Romanji

Kokubunpō no genzaigata wa korekara no koto o shimesu yōhō ga ōi.

Words

国文法 (こくぶんぽう)
Japanese grammar
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indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
現在形 (げんざいけい)
present form; present tense
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
此れから (これから)
after this
(こと、こん)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as
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indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
示す (しめす)
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to tell; to exemplify; to make apparent; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show; to represent; to signify; to display
用法 (ようほう)
directions; rules of use
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
多い (おおい)
many; numerous

Kanji

Readings: コク、 くに
Meaning: country
Readings: ブン、 モン、 ふみ、 あや
Meanings: sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)
Readings: ホウ、 ハッ、 ホッ、 フラン、 のり
Meanings: method, law, rule, principle, model, system
Readings: ゲン、 あらわ.れる、 あらわ.す、 うつつ、 うつ.つ
Meanings: present, existing, actual
Readings: ザイ、 あ.る
Meanings: exist, outskirts, suburbs, located in
Readings: ケイ、 ギョウ、 かた、 -がた、 かたち、 なり
Meanings: shape, form, style
Readings: ジ、 シ、 しめ.す
Meanings: show, indicate, point out, express, display
Readings: ヨウ、 もち.いる
Meanings: utilize, business, service, use, employ
Readings: タ、 おお.い、 まさ.に、 まさ.る
Meanings: many, frequent, much