Illustration: At a Japanese classroom demonstration table, a student operates a large wooden mechanical figure by turning its side crank. A teacher helps fit a small hinged attachment onto the mechanism's rear socket.

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助じょ動どう詞し

jodoushi

Japanese auxiliary verb

In Japanese grammar, this is a dependent, inflecting word. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. また文体ぶんたい、助詞じょし・助動詞じょどうしなどの単語たんごの使つかい方かたについて統計学的手法とうけいがくてきしゅほうによる分析ぶんせき・研究けんきゅうが進すすめられている。

    Additionally, the style and manner of using words such as postpositional particles, auxiliary verbs, etc., are being studied and analyzed using statistical methods.

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  2. 授業じゅぎょうで助動詞じょどうしの使つかい方かたを習ならった。

    We learned how to use auxiliary verbs in class.

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  3. この文ぶんにある助動詞じょどうしを探さがしてください。

    Please find the auxiliary verb in this sentence.

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Kanji in 助動詞

  • 助help; rescueOnジョKunたすける・たすかる・すける
  • 動move; motionOnドウKunうごく・うごかす
  • 詞part of speech; wordsOnシKunことば

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