助動詞

Taken apart

1. 助

   じょ

   to help

2. +

3. 動詞

   どうし

   verb

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Written with 助動詞

In a sentence

• canは助動詞(じょどうし)ですので、疑問(ぎもん)文(ぶん)では文頭(ぶんとう)に持(も)ってきます。

  'can' is an auxiliary verb, so in question sentences it is brought to the start of the phrase.

  Tatoeba #75172, translation #328547

• この文(ぶん)は現在(げんざい)完了(かんりょう)形(がた)です。haveは動詞(どうし)ではなく、助動詞(じょどうし)。

  This sentence is in the present perfect. 'have' is not a verb, but an auxiliary verb.

  Tatoeba #75202, translation #328517

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What Wiktionary says

Quoted line by line from Wiktionary's Etymology section for this reading, taken from one dated dump so it can't change underneath us. Nothing below is paraphrased.

• “助 (“to help”) + 動詞 (“verb”), literally “helping verb””

Source: Wiktionary: 助動詞 (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.