Word Meaning 助詞

じょし joshi

助詞 is read as じょし (joshi) and means particle.

Meaning

English

particle
postpositional word in Japanese grammar that functions as an auxiliary to a main word

Reading

Kana

じょし

Romaji

joshi

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 7996 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

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助動詞

じょどうし

auxiliary verb (in languages other than Japanese)

助数詞

じょすうし

counter

法助動詞

ほうじょどうし

modal auxiliary verb

間投助詞

かんとうじょし

interjectory particle (e.g. "yo", "ne", "sa")

補助形容詞

ほじょけいようし

subsidiary adjective (in Japanese)

補助動詞

ほじょどうし

subsidiary verb (in Japanese)

準体助詞

じゅんたいじょし

particle that attaches to a phrase and acts on the whole phrase

並立助詞

へいりつじょし

parallel marker

接続助詞

せつぞくじょし

conjunction particle (e.g. "ba", "kara", "keredo", "nagara")

係助詞

かかりじょし

binding particle (e.g. "ha", "mo", "koso", "shika")

終助詞

しゅうじょし

sentence-ending particle (e.g. "ka", "na", "yo", "kashira")

格助詞

かくじょし

case-marking particle (e.g. "ga", "no", "wo", "ni")

Example Sentences

日本語の助詞の「は」と「が」は一生使いこなせそうにないわ。

I don't think I will ever be able to master the Japanese particles "wa'' and "ga.''

中国語においては「テンス」を表す場合には上述のように「助詞」か「時を表す語」または文脈によるものが多い。

When indicating 'tense' in Chinese, as shown above, there are 'particles', 'time-specifying words' and also many cases where it depends on context.