命令形

Japanese
Kanji in this term
命 令 形
めい
Grade: 3		 れい
Grade: 4		 けい
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

命令 (meirei) +‎ 形 (-kei)

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) めーれーけー [mèéréékéé] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
  • IPA(key): [me̞ːɾe̞ːke̞ː]

Noun

命(めい)令(れい)形(けい) • (meireikei) 

  1. (grammar) the imperative form; an inflectional category

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • Shibatani, Masayoshi (1990) The languages of Japan, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 221-224
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