An introduction to Japanese - Syntax, Grammar & Language

INDEX 371

reasoning extent, 188 , 189

reasoning origin, 186

representative, 199

save, 195

simultaneous action, 190 – 192

social custom, 203

spacial extent, 188 , 189

spacial origin, 186

strong emphatic, 197

temporal extent (exclusive), 189

temporal extent (inclusive), 188

temporal origin, 186

uncertainty, 200

Gender roles, 45
General counter, 242
General likeness, 281
Genitive, 71
Geometric degrees, 247
Gerund, 171
Giongo, 37
Gitaigo, 37
Giving, 307 , 308
( ), 309
( ), 311 , 312
( ), 311 , 312
( ), 309
, 308 , 311
Glide, 12 , 13
GloĴal stop, 14
Gokan, 49
Gradual process, 110
Graduate student, 258

Habitual, 108
Hard to ..., 102
Having done for, 313
Having the appearance of, 277
He, 304
Hearsay, 120 , 276 , 316
Helper adjective of negation, 59

Helping oneself to ..., 314

Here, 80

Homophonic, 20

Honorific, 37

Hope, 183

How, 80

However, 192

Hybrid style, 18

Hypothetical future past, 116

I, 303

I guess, 182

I wonder, 182

Identical, 281

Ideograph, 18

If ..., then ..., 115 , 165

If possible, 196

Illegal syllables, 15

Immeasurably large number, 237

Imperial terms, 152

Impossibility, 208

Impression, 276

In three days, 254

In-group, 299 , 300

Indeterminate location, 169

Indirect object, 57

Indirect speech, 316

Inflection, 49

aspect, 50

base forms, 50

mood, 50

tense, 49

Inflection bases, 51

aĴributive, 52

conjunctive, 52

continuative, 52

finalising, 52

imperative, 52

imperfect, 52

perfect, 52

( ), 52