補助形容詞

Japanese

Kanji in this term
補	助	形	容	詞
ほ Grade: 6	じょ Grade: 3	けい Grade: 2	よう Grade: 5	し Grade: 6
kan’on	goon	kan’on

Examples
欲しい (hoshii, “wanted; wished; desired”) combines with 来て (kite, from 来る (kuru, “(will) come(s)”)) to form 来てほしい (“it is wished that one had come”), expressing a desire

Etymology

補助 (“to support”) +‎ 形容詞 (“adjective”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ほじょけーよ​ーし [hòjó kééyóꜜòshì] (Nakadaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [ho̞ʑo̞ ke̞ːjo̞ːɕi]

Noun

補(ほ)助(じょ)形(けい)容(よう)詞(し) • (hojo keiyōshi) 

1. a free Japanese adjective (自立語 (jiritsugo)) that can be grammaticalized by being attached to an inflectional form of another 用言 (yōgen, “inflected word”)

   Coordinate term: 補助動詞