Word Meaning 名詞

めいし meishi

名詞 is read as めいし (meishi) and means noun.

Meaning

English

  1. noun

Reading

Kana

めいし

Romaji

meishi

Writing Variants

  • 名詞 なことば nakotoba

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 613 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

名詞的形容詞

めいしてきけいようし

substantive adjective

名台詞

めいせりふ

famous line (from a movie, book, etc.)

名容詞

めいようし

na-adjective

名詞化

めいしか

nominalization

名詞法

めいしほう

use of a verb or adjective conjugation (esp. ren'yōkei) as a noun

名詞の格

めいしのかく

case of a noun

名詞止め

めいしどめ

ending a sentence with a noun

名詞抱合

めいしほうごう

noun incorporation

代名詞

だいめいし

pronoun

固有名詞

こゆうめいし

proper noun

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

Example Sentences

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There are too many demonstrative pronouns. To put it bluntly, it couldn't be harder to understand.