Chinese

Noun

形容詞

1. adjective

Japanese

Etymology

Compound of 形容 ‎(keiyō, “description; form”) +‎ 詞 ‎(shi, “word”).

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Kan'on
• (Tokyo) けいよ​うし [kèéyóꜜòshì] (Nakadaka - [3])^[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key): [ke̞ːjo̞ːɕi]

Noun

形容詞 ‎(hiragana けいようし, romaji keiyōshi)

1. (grammar) a word that modifies or describes a noun or nominal phrase; an adjective
2. (grammar) more specific to Japanese grammar, an adjective with an attributive form that ends in い (​-i)

Related terms

• 形容動詞 (けいようどうし) ‎(keiyōdōshi, “adjectival noun, quasi adjective, -na adjective”):

See also

• 連体詞 (れんたいし) ‎(rentaishi, “adnominal”)
• Category:Japanese い-i adjectives

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

形容詞 • ‎(hyeongyongsa) ‎(hangeul 형용사)

1. Hanja form^? of 형용사, “adjective”.