係り結び

Japanese

Kanji in this term
係	結
かか Grade: 3	むす Grade: 4
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 係り結び – see the following entry.

【かかりむすび】 [noun] kakarimusubi, a phenomenon in classical Japanese where certain words (a subset of 係助詞 (kakari-joshi)) provoke the usage of different verbal inflexion at the end of the sentence (呼応 (koō)) Alternative spellings 係結び, 係結

(This term, 係り結び, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)