未然形
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[edit] Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
| 未 | 然 | 形 |
[edit] Etymology
From 未然 + 形. Historically called 将然言 (しょうぜんげん shōzengen), 未然段 (みぜんだん, mizendan), and 不定法 (ふていほう, futeihō).
[edit] Noun
未然形 (hiragana みぜんけい, romaji mizenkei)
- (grammar) a verbal inflectional category; the irrealis form. Indicates that something has not yet happened.
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[edit] References
- 1990, Shibatani, Masayoshi, The languages of Japan, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-36918-5, page 221-224:
- 1988, Kokugo Dai Jiten Dictionary. Shinsou-ban (Revised edition), Shogakukan:
