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形容 けいよう

  1. description; expression (in words); figurative expression; figure of speech; metaphor; modification; qualification (e.g. of a noun with an adjective)
  2. appearance; figure; form

形容詞 けいようし N2

  1. adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)

形容動詞 けいようどうし N2

  1. adjectival noun (in Japanese); na-, taru-, nari- or tari-adjective; nominal adjective; quasi-adjective

形容しようのない けいようしようのない

  1. defying description; indescribable

形容のない けいようのない

  1. defying description; indescribable (esp. indescribably beautiful)

形容句 けいようく

  1. phrase used as an adjective

形容枯槁す けいようここうす

  1. to be emaciated; to become gaunt; to waste away

形容矛盾 けいようむじゅん

  1. contradictio in adjecto; contradiction between an adjective and the noun it modifies (wooden iron, hot ice, etc.)

形容詞句 けいようしく

  1. adjectival phrase; adjective phrase

形容詞幹 けいようしかん

  1. stem (word)
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