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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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