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他動詞
たどうし
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transitive verb (direct object)
Tadōshi is 他動 (tadō, “other-moving, other-acting”) plus 詞 (shi, “word; part of speech”).
Taken apart
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In a sentence
動詞には目的語をとらない自動詞と、目的語をとる他動詞があります。
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What Wiktionary says
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- “Compound of 他動 (tadō, “other-moving, other-acting”) + 詞 (shi, “word; part of speech”).”
Source: Wiktionary: 他動詞 (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.