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JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

名めい詞し

meishi

noun

Example sentences

  1. 名詞めいしを修飾しゅうしょくするものは、形容詞けいようしまたは形容詞相当語句けいようしそうとうごくです。

    Things that modify nouns are adjectives or equivalent to adjectives.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. アレックスは「紙かみ」「鍵かぎ」「コルク」のような名詞めいしや、「赤あか」「緑みどり」「黄色きいろ」のような色いろの名なも覚おぼえたように見みえた。

    Alex seemed to learn nouns such as "paper," "key" and "cork," and color names such as "red," "green" and "yellow."

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 名詞めいしから動詞どうしが派生はせいしていることもあれば、その逆ぎゃくのこともある。

    Sometimes a verb is derived from a noun and sometimes it is the other way around.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 名詞

  • 名name; notedOnメイ・ミョウKunな
  • 詞part of speech; wordsOnシKunことば

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