WORD DETAIL
掲示
けいじ
Examples
Included kanji
Study notes
1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning
- Structure:
掲示(けいじ) is an action noun, used withする, for putting information where people can see it. - Basic usage:
お知らせを掲示したactively posts a closure notice at the entrance, while掲示された規則is a passive relative clause modifying rules already displayed.
2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions
- Active object and passive modifier
- With
掲示した, the notice is theをobject; in掲示された規則, the rules are what received the posting action. The passive rules are not the agent that posted something.
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