Meaning of 辞書形(じしょけい) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 辞書形

Kana Reading じしょけい

Romaji jishokei

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

Meaning

dictionary form

Examples of 辞書形, じしょけい in a sentence

多くの言語で辞書形の語尾が決まっており、日本語ではう段の文字で終わる。

In many languages the way dictionary-form words end is fixed; in Japanese they end in a 'u row' character.

Related Kanji

辞 JLPT 3

13 strokes

resign, word, term, expression

On'Yomi: ジ

Kun'Yomi: や.める, いな.む

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形 JLPT 3

7 strokes

shape, form, style

On'Yomi: ケイ, ギョウ

Kun'Yomi: かた, -がた, かたち, なり

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書 JLPT 5

10 strokes

write

On'Yomi: ショ

Kun'Yomi: か.く, -が.き, -がき

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