Japanese

Noun

格助詞 ‎(hiragana かくじょし, romaji kaku joshi)

1. (grammar): A case particle.

   A small word that follows a noun form to show how it relates grammatically to the following word or clause. Sometimes similar to how prepositions function in English. Includes (but not limited to) the following:

   • は
   • が
   • を
   • に
   • へ
   • と
   • の
   • より
   • から
   • にて