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Part of Speech and Other Markings:

Part of Speech Marking

adj-iadjective (keiyoushi)
adj-naadjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
adj-nonouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
adj-pnpre-noun adjectival (rentaishi)
adj-t`taru' adjective
adj-fnoun or verb acting prenominally (other than the above)
adjformer adjective classification (being removed)
advadverb (fukushi)
adv-nadverbial noun
adv-toadverb taking the `to' particle
auxauxiliary
aux-vauxiliary verb
aux-adjauxiliary adjective
conjconjunction
ctrcounter
expExpressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)
ididiomatic expression
intinterjection (kandoushi)
ivirregular verb
nnoun (common) (futsuumeishi)
n-advadverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)
n-prefnoun, used as a prefix
n-sufnoun, used as a suffix
n-tnoun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
numnumeric
pnpronoun
prefprefix
prtparticle
sufsuffix
v1Ichidan verb
v5Godan verb (not completely classified)
v5aruGodan verb - -aru special class
v5bGodan verb with `bu' ending
v5gGodan verb with `gu' ending
v5kGodan verb with `ku' ending
v5k-sGodan verb - iku/yuku special class
v5mGodan verb with `mu' ending
v5nGodan verb with `nu' ending
v5rGodan verb with `ru' ending
v5r-iGodan verb with `ru' ending (irregular verb)
v5sGodan verb with `su' ending
v5tGodan verb with `tsu' ending
v5uGodan verb with `u' ending
v5u-sGodan verb with `u' ending (special class)
v5uruGodan verb - uru old class verb (old form of Eru)
v5zGodan verb with `zu' ending
vzIchidan verb - zuru verb - (alternative form of -jiru verbs)
viintransitive verb
vkkuru verb - special class
vnirregular nu verb
vsnoun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
vs-isuru verb - irregular
vs-ssuru verb - special class
vttransitive verb

Field of Application

BuddhBuddhist term
MAmartial arts term
compcomputer terminology
foodfood term
geomgeometry term
gramgrammatical term
linglinguistics terminology
mathmathematics
milmilitary
physicsphysics terminology

Miscellaneous Markings

Xrude or X-rated term
abbrabbreviation
archarchaism
atejiateji (phonetic) reading
chnchildren's language
colcolloquialism
derogderogatory term
eKexclusively kanji
ekexclusively kana
famfamiliar language
femfemale term or language
gikungikun (meaning) reading
honhonorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language
humhumble (kenjougo) language
iKword containing irregular kanji usage
ididiomatic expression
ioirregular okurigana usage
m-slmanga slang
malemale term or language
male-slmale slang
ngneuter gender
oKword containing out-dated kanji
obsobsolete term
obscobscure term
okout-dated or obsolete kana usage
on-mimonomatopoeic or mimetic word
poetpoetical term
polpolite (teineigo) language
rarerare (now replaced by "obsc")
senssensitive word
slslang
uKword usually written using kanji alone
ukword usually written using kana alone
vulgvulgar expression or word

Gairaigo and Regional Words

kyb:Kyoto-ben
osb:Osaka-ben
ksb:Kansai-ben
ktb:Kantou-ben
tsb:Tosa-ben
thb:Touhoku-ben
tsug:Tsugaru-ben
kyu:Kyuushuu-ben
rkb:Ryuukyuu-ben

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Version 3.1
Author Christopher Brochtrup
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