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連体

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
れん
Grade: 4
たい
Grade: 2
on'yomi goon
Alternative spelling
連體 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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Coined in Japanese from Middle Chinese-derived components, as a compound of (ren, accompanying) +‎ (tai, nominative, short for 体言 (taigen, uninflecting word)).[1][2][3][4]

First cited to a text from 1834.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(れん)(たい) (rentai

  1. [from 1834] (grammar, attributive) attribution (of a quality to a nominative in Japanese grammar)
    Coordinate term: 連用 (ren'yō)
  2. [from 1844] short for 連体形 (rentaikei, attributive form) or 連体言 (rentaigen, attributive word, older synonym for modern rentaikei)

Derived terms

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 連体”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ 連体”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN