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本動詞

ほんどうし
main verb
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法助動詞

ほうじょどうし
modal auxiliary verb
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母音動詞

ぼおんどうし
vowel stem verb
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沖言葉

沖詞
おきことば
euphemisms used by superstitious sailors (e.g. calling sardines "sundries", whales "Ebisu", etc.)
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補助形容詞

ほじょけいようし
subsidiary adjective; auxiliary adjective
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返詞

へんし
reply
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並列助詞

へいれつじょし
parallel marker (particle used to join two or more words, i.e. "to", "ya")
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文字詞

文字言葉
もじことば
word created by retaining the first syllable (or two) of a word and suffixing it with the word "moji"
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複合前置詞

ふくごうぜんちし
complex preposition
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分詞構文

ぶんしこうぶん
participial construction; participle construction