Kanji

詞

詞

part of speech, words, poetry

Kanji

Grade

Grade 6

Strokes

12 strokes

Radical

言部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

シ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

ことば

Nanori (Name Reading)

こと, なり, のり, ふみ

Common Readings

シ

Example sentences

台詞 せりふ
彼女 は 感動的 な 台詞 を 言った 。

She said a moving line.

歌詞 かし
この 歌 の 歌詞 は とても 切ない

The lyrics of this song are very sad.

代名詞 だいめいし
彼 は その チーム の 代名詞 的 存在 だ

He is the quintessential figure of that team.

祝詞 のりと
神職 が 厳かな 声 で 祝詞 を 奏上した 。

The Shinto priest recited the ritual prayer in a solemn voice.

神官 しんかん
厳かな 儀式 の 最中 、 神官 が 祝詞 を 奏上した 。

In the midst of a solemn ceremony, the Shinto priest recited the ritual prayer.

形容詞 けいようし
「 美しい 」 は 形容詞 です 。

「美しい」 (utsukushii) is an adjective.

修飾 しゅうしょく
形容詞 は 名詞 を 修飾する 働き が ある 。

Adjectives have the function of modifying nouns.

Example Vocabulary

台詞

せりふ

lines; speech; remarks

歌詞

かし

lyrics

捨て台詞

すてぜりふ

代名詞

だいめいし

pronoun; representative symbol

祝詞

のりと

Shinto ritual prayer; Shinto liturgy

固有名詞

こゆうめいし

詞

し

決め台詞

きめぜりふ

形容詞

けいようし

adjective

作詞

さくし

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