Japanese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compound of 格 (kaku, “grammatical case”) + 助詞 (joshi, “grammatical particle”).
Pronunciation[edit]
格助詞 (hiragana かくじょし, romaji kaku joshi)
- (grammar): A case particle.
- A small word that follows a noun form to show how it relates grammatically to the following word or clause. Sometimes similar to how prepositions function in English. Includes (but not limited to) the following: