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Appendix:Japanese auxiliary verbs

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In Japanese, 助動詞 (jodōshi, auxiliary verbs) can refer to either inflecting suffixes or auxiliary verbs (verb suffixes that are verbs on their own). Japanese school grammar uses the term in the first sense, and uses 補助動詞 (hojodōshi, supplementary verbs) for what are called auxiliary verbs in Western grammar.