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JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

修しゅう飾しょく

shuushoku

to modify

Used here for how a word or phrase modifies another. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

副詞ふくしは何なにを修飾しゅうしょくするでしょう？
What do adverbs modify?
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
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
「修飾しゅうしょく語ご」は、その名前なまえのとおり、文ぶんを飾かざる役目やくめをします。
A "modifier" has, just as it sounds, the role of embellishing sentences.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 修飾

修discipline; conduct oneself wellOnシュウ・シュKunおさめる・おさまる
飾decorate; ornamentOnショクKunかざる・かざり

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