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形容動詞
けいようどうし
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adjectival noun, quasi-adjective
Keiyōdōshi is 形容 (keiyō, “description; form”) plus 動詞 (dōshi, “verb”).
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What Wiktionary says
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- “Compound of 形容(けいよう) (keiyō, “description; form”) + 動詞(どうし) (dōshi, “verb”).”
Source: Wiktionary: 形容動詞 (dump of 2026-09-02), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Reading, meaning and part of speech from JMdict, and kanji readings from KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG).
What the labels mean
- 漢語 Sino-Japanese
- Words built from Chinese-derived morphemes — borrowed from Chinese or coined in Japan out of Chinese parts — read with on'yomi.
- Compound
- Two or more words or stems joined into one.