(名) 名詞 noun
(動) 動詞 verb
(形) 形容詞 adjective
(略) 略語 abbreviation
(副) 副詞 adverb
(数) 数字 numeral
(分) 分類詞 noun classifier
(地) 地名 place name
(接) 接続詞 conjunction
(代) 代名詞 pronoun
(○) 未定 uncategorized
(尾) 名詞接尾 noun suffix
The examples are based on Jim Breen's EDict, and have the following notation:
The following POS markings are currently used:
adj-i adjective (keiyoushi) adj-na adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi) adj-no nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no' adj-pn pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi) adj-t 'taru' adjective adj-f noun or verb acting prenominally (other than the above) adj former adjective classification (being removed) adv adverb (fukushi) adv-n adverbial noun adv-to adverb taking the 'to' particle aux auxiliary aux-v auxiliary verb aux-adj auxiliary adjective conj conjunction ctr counter exp Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.) id idiomatic expression int interjection (kandoushi) iv irregular verb n noun (common) (futsuumeishi) n-adv adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi) n-pref noun, used as a prefix n-suf noun, used as a suffix n-t noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi) num numeric pn pronoun pref prefix prt particle suf suffix v1 Ichidan verb v5 Godan verb (not completely classified) v5aru Godan verb - -aru special class v5b Godan verb with 'bu' ending v5g Godan verb with 'gu' ending v5k Godan verb with 'ku' ending v5k-s Godan verb - iku/yuku special class v5m Godan verb with 'mu' ending v5n Godan verb with 'nu' ending v5r Godan verb with 'ru' ending v5r-i Godan verb with 'ru' ending (irregular verb) v5s Godan verb with 'su' ending v5t Godan verb with 'tsu' ending v5u Godan verb with 'u' ending v5u-s Godan verb with 'u' ending (special class) v5uru Godan verb - uru old class verb (old form of Eru) v5z Godan verb with 'zu' ending vz Ichidan verb - zuru verb - (alternative form of -jiru verbs) vi intransitive verb vk kuru verb - special class vn irregular nu verb vs noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru vs-i suru verb - irregular vs-s suru verb - special class vt transitive verb
A number of entries are marked with a specific field of application. Current fields and tags are:
Buddh Buddhist term MA martial arts term comp computer terminology food food term geom geometry term gram grammatical term ling linguistics terminology math mathematics mil military physics physics terminology
Miscellaneous Markings
X rude or X-rated term abbr abbreviation arch archaism ateji ateji (phonetic) reading chn children's language col colloquialism derog derogatory term eK exclusively kanji ek exclusively kana fam familiar language fem female term or language gikun gikun (meaning) reading hon honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language hum humble (kenjougo) language iK word containing irregular kanji usage id idiomatic expression io irregular okurigana usage m-sl manga slang male male term or language male-sl male slang ng neuter gender oK word containing out-dated kanji obs obsolete term obsc obscure term ok out-dated or obsolete kana usage on-mim onomatopoeic or mimetic word poet poetical term pol polite (teineigo) language rare rare (now replaced by "obsc") sens sensitive word sl slang uK word usually written using kanji alone uk word usually written using kana alone vulg vulgar expression or word