words · part of speech

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: The on reading is し. It has 12 strokes and relates to words and grammatical parts of speech.
• Basic usage: 名詞 is read めいし, and 動詞 is read どうし.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• 名詞 and 動詞
  • 名詞 means noun. It denotes a noun, a word that names a person, thing, or concept.
  • この文章から人を表す名詞を三つ探してください。 means “Find three nouns referring to people in this passage.”
  • 動詞 means verb. It denotes a verb, a word that expresses an action or state and inflects.
  • 文章の中から動詞を五つ探しました。 means “We found five verbs in the passage.”