An introduction to Japanese - Syntax, Grammar & Language

372 INDEX

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Inflections
aĴributive, 89
causative, 136
causative passive, 138
classical past tense, 64
cohortative, 121
commands, 128
conditional, 114
conjunctive, 98
continuative, 103
desire, 117
dubitative, 121
future tense, 58
hypothetical, 126
imperative commands, 128
imperative request, 133
long potential, 138
modern past tense, 64
negative, 59 , 75 , 94
negative pseudo-future, 124
nominalised potential, 141
noun inflection, 71
passive, 134
passive form of bother, 135
past negative, 76
past tense, 64 , 74
politeness, 87
potential, 138
present tense, 58 , 74
presumptive, 124
prohibitive commands, 131
prohibitive request, 133
pseudo-future, 121
representative listing, 113
requesting, 133

short potential, 140

form, 103

Intangible, 203

Interpunction, 16

comma, 16

doĴing, 17

double quote, 16

drawn sound, 16

ellipsis, 16

exclamation, 16

full stop, 16

hiragana repeater, 16

idem dito, 16

kanji repeater, 16

katakana repeater, 16

lining, 17

parentheses, 16

question mark, 16

sentence finaliser, 16

separator, 16

single quote, 16

Interrogatives, 78

, 159

, 197

, 176

, 200

Intransitive, 31

Irregular verbs, 60

Japanese era

heisei, 266

meiji, 267

shouwa, 266

taishou, 267

Japanese reading, 151

Jouyou, 21

Kaiimoji, 21

Kana

hiragana, 5 , 12

katakana, 5 , 12 , 15