Classical Japanese Grammar Index |
- Parts of Speech that Stand Alone and Carry Meaning on Their Own -
- Forms that Change Shape According to Environment -
1) 動詞 (どうし） Verbs- Parts of Speech that Imply Action
2) 形容詞（けいようし）Adjective- Parts of Speech that Imply Level or Degree of Action
3) 形容動詞（けいようどうし） Adjectival Verbs- Parts of Speech that Imply Judgement of Level or Degree of Action -
- Forms that Always Remain the Same -
1) 名詞（めいし） Nouns- Parts of Speech that Indicate the Names of People, Places, and Things
2) 代名詞（だいめいし） Pronouns- Parts of Speech that Replace Nouns with More General Reference to People, Places, and Things
3) 副詞（ふくし）Adverbs- Parts of Speech that Define Intensity or Degree of Action
4) 連体詞（れんたいし）Attributives- Parts of Speech Meaning 'The so-called, or the 'so-being -
5) 接続詞（せつぞくし）Conjunctions- Parts of Speech Indicating the Causal Relationships between Clauses and/or Sentences
6) 感動詞（かんどうし）Exclamations- Parts of Speech Indicating Emotional Stops!
- Parts of Speech that are Dependent on Free Forms or Other Bound Forms and that Can not Stand Alone and Carry Meaning -
- Forms that Change Shape According to Environment -
1) 助動詞（じょどうし）Auxiliary Verbs- Parts of Speech that Function to Add Mood to Verbs and Other Auxiliary Verbs -
- Forms that Never Change Shape -
1) 助詞 （じょし） Postpositions- Parts of Speech that are Positioned after all other Categories and which Knit all other Categories
Together -