連体形

連体形

Japanese

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

Etymology

Compound of 連体 (rentai, “connecting to an uninflectable word”, where 体 is short for 体言 (taigen, “uninflectable word”)) +‎ 形 (kei, “form”).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) れんたいけー [rèńtáíkéé] (Heiban – [0])[3][4][5]
  • IPA^(key): [ɾẽ̞nta̠ike̞ː]

Noun

連体形 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 連體形, hiragana れんたいけい, rōmaji rentaikei)

1. (grammar) the attributive form; an inflectional category

See also

• 未 (み)然 (ぜん)形 (けい) (mizenkei, “irrealis”)
• 連 (れん)用 (よう)形 (けい) (ren'yōkei, “adverbial”)
• 終 (しゅう)止 (し)形 (けい) (shūshikei, “conclusive”)
• 已 (い)然 (ぜん)形 (けい) (izenkei, “realis”)
• 仮 (か)定 (てい)形 (けい) (kateikei, “conditional”)
• 命 (めい)令 (れい)形 (けい) (meireikei, “imperative”)

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
4. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
5. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

• Shibatani, Masayoshi (1990) The languages of Japan, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 221-224