Chinese

Noun

助詞

1. particle (part of speech)

Japanese

Etymology

助 ‎(jo, “helper”) +‎ 詞 ‎(shi, “word”)

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) じょし [jòshí] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ɕi]

Noun

助詞 ‎(hiragana じょし, romaji joshi)

1. (grammar) Particle: a part of speech in Japanese grammar known as a particle or relational; a suffix indicating the part of speech of the previous element or the mode of the whole preceding sentence or clause.

Derived terms

See also

• Category:Japanese particles
• Japanese grammar - particles

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
3. ↑ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

Korean

Noun

助詞 • ‎(susa) ‎(hangeul 조사)

1. Hanja form^? of 조사, “particle; postposition”.