[noun](non-Japanese and non-Korean grammar) an auxiliary verb
[noun](Japanese or Korean grammar) a class of 付属語(fuzokugo, “bound forms”) that attach to 用言(yōgen, “inflected words”) to add additional grammatical functions, such as tense, aspects, mood, evidentiality, etc.; strictly speaking, they must have verb-like inflection; broadly speaking, they include forms with adjective-like inflection and uninflected particles
(This term, じょどうし(jodōshi), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
