連体

Japanese

Kanji in this term
連	体
れん Grade: 4	たい Grade: 2
on’yomi	goon

Alternative spelling
連體 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Coined in Japanese from Middle Chinese-derived components, as a compound of 連 (ren, “accompanying”) +‎ 体 (tai, “nominative”, short for 体言 (taigen, “uninflecting word”)).[1][2][3][4]

First cited to a text from 1834.[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) れんたい [rèńtáí] (Heiban – [0])[3][4]
IPA^(key): [ɾẽ̞nta̠i]

Noun

連(れん)体(たい) • (rentai)

[from 1834] (grammar, attributive) attribution (of a quality to a nominative in Japanese grammar)
Coordinate term: 連用 (ren'yō)
[from 1844] short for 連体形 (rentaikei, “attributive form”) or 連体言 (rentaigen, “attributive word”, older synonym for modern rentaikei)

Derived terms

連体形(れんたいけい) (rentaikei, “attributive form”, of an inflecting word)
連体言(れんたいげん) (rentaigen, “attributive word”, older synonym for modern rentaikei)
連(れん)体(たい)詞(し) (rentaishi, “adnominal”, word that can only be used attributively before a nominative, and cannot be used predicatively)
連(れん)体(たい)修(しゅう)飾(しょく)語(ご) (rentai shūshokugo, “attributive qualifier”)
連体法(れんたいほう) (rentaihō, “attributive mode”)

References

“連体”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
“連体”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[KDJ2-1] “連体”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN

[DDJS-2] “連体”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months

[DJR-3] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[SMK5-4] 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN