品 詞(ひんし)

ひんし

noun

part of speech; word class

See also: 瀕死(ひんし) (near death (homophone))

1. part of speech; word class; grammatical category

A grammatical classification of words based on their function in a sentence, such as noun, verb, adjective, adverb, and so on. A fundamental concept in Japanese grammar study.

この単語(たんご)の品詞(ひんし)は何(なん)ですか。

What part of speech is this word?

日本語(にほんご)には多(おお)くの品詞(ひんし)がある。

Japanese has many parts of speech.

辞書(じしょ)で単語(たんご)を調(しら)べるとき、品詞(ひんし)を確認(かくにん)すると使(つか)い方(かた)がわかりやすい。

When looking up a word in the dictionary, checking its part of speech makes it easier to understand how to use it.

Usage

A grammar term used in language study and linguistics. Japanese traditional grammar recognizes categories such as 名詞(めいし) (noun), 動詞(どうし) (verb), 形容詞(けいようし) (adjective), 副詞(ふくし) (adverb), 助詞(じょし) (particle), and 助動詞(じょどうし) (auxiliary verb), among others.

Common collocations

品詞(ひんし)を調(しら)べる (to look up the part of speech)
品詞(ひんし)分類(ぶんるい) (classification by part of speech)
品詞(ひんし)分解(ぶんかい) (parsing into parts of speech)

Similar words

文法(ぶんぽう): grammar — the broader system of language rules
語類(ごるい): word class — a more academic synonym

Related Words

Compare: 文法(ぶんぽう) (grammar)

Related: 接続詞(せつぞくし) (conjunction (grammar))

Compare: 間投詞(かんとうし) (interjection (part of speech))

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