Japanese DictionaryAbbreviations and codes used in RomajiDesu Japanese dictionary
Part-of-Speech (POS) Codes
| CODE | MEANING | CODE | MEANING | CODE | MEANING | CODE | MEANING |
| adj-i | adjective (keiyoushi) | adj-kari | `kari' adjective (archaic) | adj-ku | `ku' adjective (archaic) | adj-f | noun, verb, etc. acting prenominally (incl. rentaikei) |
| adj-na | adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyoudoushi) | adj-nari | archaic/formal form of na-adjective | adj-no | nouns which may take the genitive case particle "no" | adj-pn | pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi) |
| adj-shiku | `shiku' adjective (archaic) | adj-t | `taru' adjective | adv | adverb (fukushi) | adv-to | adverb (with particle "to") |
| aux | auxiliary | aux-v | auxiliary verb | conj | conjunction | ctr | counter |
| exp | Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.) | id | idiomatic expression | int | interjection (kandoushi) | n | noun (common) (futsuumeishi) |
| n-p | proper noun | n-adv | adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi) | n-t | noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi) | pn | pronoun |
| prt | particle | pref | prefix | suf | suffix | v1 | Ichidan verb |
| v2a-s, v2k-k, etc. | Nidan verb (lower/upper) with 'u', `ku', etc. endings (archaic) | v4k, v4r, etc. | Yodan verb with `ku', `ru', etc. endings (archaic) | v5u, v5k, etc. | Godan verb with `u', `ku', etc. endings | v5k-s | Godan verb - Iku/Yuku special class |
| v5aru | Godan verb - -aru special class | vi | intransitive verb | vs | noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru | vs-c | su verb - precursor to the modern suru |
| vs-i | expression using the aux. verb suru | vs-s | suru verb - special class | vk | Kuru verb - special class | vt | transitive verb |
| vz | Ichidan verb - -zuru special class (alternative form of -jiru verbs) | v-unspec | verb - uspecified (usu. archaic) |
Miscellaneous Codes
| CODE | MEANING | CODE | MEANING | CODE | MEANING | CODE | MEANING |
| abbr | abbreviation | arch | archaism | ateji | kanji used as phonetic symbol(s) | chn | children's language |
| col | colloquialism | fam | familiar language | fem | female term or language | gikun | gikun (meaning) reading |
| hon | honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language | hum | humble (kenjougo) language | iK | word containing irregular kanji usage | ik | word containing irregular kana usage |
| io | irregular okurigana usage | joc | jocular or humorous term | male | male term or language | m-sl | manga slang |
| obs | obsolete term | obsc | obscure term | oK | word containing out-dated kanji | ok | out-dated or obsolete kana usage |
| on-mim | onomatopoeic or mimetic word | pol | polite (teineigo) language | sl | slang | sens | term with some sensitivity about its usage |
| uK | word usually written using kanji alone | uk | word usually written using kana alone | vulg | vulgar expression or word | P | "Priority" entry, i.e. among approx. 20,000 words deemed to be common in Japanese |
| X | rude or X-rated term (not displayed in educational software) | ||||||
Domain or Field Codes
| CODE | MEANING | CODE | MEANING | CODE | MEANING | CODE | MEANING |
| archit | architecture | astron | astronomy, space, astronautics, etc. | Buddh | Buddhism | baseb | baseball |
| biol | biology | bot | botany | bus | business | comp | computing/telecommunications |
| econ | economics | eng | engineering | fin | finance | food | food |
| geol | geology, earth sciences, geophysics, etc. | geom | geometry | law | law, legal studies, etc. | ling | linguistics |
| MA | martial arts | math | mathematics | med | medicine, anatomy, pathology, etc. | mil | military |
| music | music | physics | physics | Shinto | Shinto | sports | sports |
| sumo | sumo | zool | zoology |