Meaning of 動詞 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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動詞JLPT 3
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Kana Readingどうし
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Romajidōshi
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
- Meaning
- verb
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Example Sentences
動詞, どうし used in context
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The following verbs only take the to-infinitive as their object.
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動詞は述語動詞のことです。述語動詞は、主語や表す時によって形を変えます。
'Verb' refers to the predicate verb. Predicate verbs change their form depending on the subject and the time expressed.
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With the subjunctive past all the 'be' verbs become 'were', OK?
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動詞helpはto不定詞・原形不定詞の両方をとりますが、くだけた文体では原形不定詞が多いとされており、この例文でもそれが使われています。
The verb 'help' takes to-infinitives and bare infinitives but bare infinitives are said to be the most common in casual text; as also used in this example sentence.
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動詞には目的語をとらない自動詞と、目的語をとる他動詞があります。
With verbs there are intransitive verbs that don't take an object, and transitive verbs that do take an object.
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In a progressive tense sentence it becomes the -ing form verb, that is the present participle.
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Related Kanji
Kanji found in this word
move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake
On: ドウ
Kun: うご.く, うご.かす
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