働き詞

Japanese
Kanji in this term
働 詞
はたら(き)
Grade: 4		 ことば
Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compound of 働き (hataraki, “working, functioning”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 働く hataraku、 “to work, to function”) +‎ 詞 (kotoba, “word”).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) はたらきこ​とば [hàtárákí kóꜜtòbà] (Nakadaka – [5])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ha̠ta̠ɾa̠kʲi ko̞to̞ba̠]

Noun

働(はたら)き詞(ことば) • (hataraki kotoba) 

  1. (archaic, grammar) any word that declines or conjugates
  2. (archaic, grammar) more specifically, a verb

Usage notes

In modern Japanese, the word that declines or conjugates sense has been replaced by the term 用言 (yōgen). The verb sense has been replaced by the term 動詞 (dōshi).

Synonyms

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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