補語 (Hogo): Complement

Meaning

English

complement

Reading

Kana

ほご

Romaji

hogo

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 56160 Priority I

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

補助言語

ほじょげんご

auxiliary language

補助語

ほじょご

auxiliary inflecting word (in Japanese)

目的補語

もくてきほご

object complement

目的格補語

もくてきかくほご

objective complement

国際補助語

こくさいほじょご

international auxiliary language

主格補語

しゅかくほご

subject complement

補助

ほじょ

spotting (in weight training)

補強

ほきょう

reinforcement

補正

ほせい

correction

補給

ほきゅう

supply

補欠

ほけつ

filling a vacancy

補足

ほそく

supplement

Example Sentences

2

完全自動詞は補語も目的語もとらない。

A complete intransitive verb takes neither complement nor object.

不定詞の形容詞的用法には２種類あり、①限定用法、②叙述用法。②はもちろん主格補語です。

There are two ways of using the infinitive as an adjective, 1. attributive, 2. predicative. Naturally 2. is a subject complement.