Word Meaning 代名詞

だいめいし daimeishi

代名詞 is read as だいめいし (daimeishi) and means pronoun.

Meaning

English

  1. pronoun
  2. synonym
  3. classic example
  4. pattern
  5. byword
  6. representative

Reading

Kana

だいめいし

Romaji

daimeishi

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 5399 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

代名動詞

だいめいどうし

pronominal verb

不定代名詞

ふていだいめいし

indefinite pronoun

関係代名詞

かんけいだいめいし

relative pronoun

疑問代名詞

ぎもんだいめいし

interrogative pronoun

指示代名詞

しじだいめいし

demonstrative pronoun

人代名詞

じんだいめいし

personal pronoun

再帰代名詞

さいきだいめいし

reflexive pronoun

反照代名詞

はんしょうだいめいし

reflexive pronoun (in Japanese grammar only)

反射指示代名詞

はんしゃしじだいめいし

reflexive pronoun

一人称代名詞

いちにんしょうだいめいし

first-person pronoun

二人称代名詞

ににんしょうだいめいし

second-person pronoun

三人称代名詞

さんにんしょうだいめいし

third-person pronoun

Example Sentences

10

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