JAPANESE PART OF SPEECH CODES

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NOUNS 名詞類
POS SUB POS ENGLISH DESCRIPTION JAPANESE DESCRIPTION NOTES EXAMPLE BINDING VALENCY JLASS
NC   Common noun 普通名詞   本棚 0 2.1
NE   Noun before numerals 接頭辞性名詞   昭和 0 2.3
NN   Numeral 数詞   0 4.1
NU   Unit 単位辞   オンス 0 3.4.1.3
4.3
NR   Pronoun 代名詞   彼女 0  
NA   Affixal noun 接尾辞性名詞   0 2.3
NP cpostype.htm Proper noun 固有名詞 see cpostype.htm for details 横浜市 0 2.3
 

VERBS 動詞類
POS SUB POS ENGLISH DESCRIPTION JAPANESE DESCRIPTION NOTES EXAMPLE BINDING VALENCY JLASS
V5   Consonant-Stem verb 五段動詞   喜ぶ 0 5.1
V1   Vowel-Stem verb 一段動詞   上げる 0 5.1
VN   Verbal noun サ変名詞   意味(する) 0 5.4
VS   SURU-Verb サ変動詞   愛する 0 5.5
VX   Irregular verb 変格活用動詞   有る 0  

ADJECTIVES 形容詞類
POS SUB POS ENGLISH DESCRIPTION JAPANESE DESCRIPTION NOTES EXAMPLE BINDING VALENCY JLASS
AA     Adnomial adjective 連体詞     この 0  
AJ     Normal adjective 形容詞     あまい 0 6
AN     Adjectival noun 形容動詞   円筒状 0 7
AN 0 Adjectival noun followed by na or zero 形容動詞 ナ後続または直接連体修飾形 In words ending in 的, ナ may be omitted 爽やか(な) 0 7.2
AN 1 Adjectival noun followed by na, no, taru or zero 形容動詞ナノタル後続または直接連体修飾可能形   確(たる) 0 7.2

AFFIXES 接辞類
POS SUB POS ENGLISH DESCRIPTION JAPANESE DESCRIPTION NOTES EXAMPLE BINDING VALENCY JLASS
FP P Adnominal prefix 連体詞的接頭辞    故, 元  0 3.3.3
FS    Non-derivational suffix 非派生接尾辞等       2  
FS S Syntactic suffix 統語的接尾辞    0 3.5
FS A* Inflectional suffix -- adjectival ending 活用接尾辞 - 形容詞語尾 Caution*  1  
FS J* Modal suffix -- auxiliary verb-equivalent モドル接尾辞 - 補助動詞語尾 Caution* かもしれない 2  
FS V* Inflectional suffix -- verb ending 活用接尾辞 - 動詞語尾 Caution* りゃ 1  
FS X* Inflectional suffix -- auxiliary verb 活用接尾辞 - 補助動詞 Caution* ない 2  
FS M(*) Inflectional suffix -- adjectival noun ending 形容動詞活用語尾 Caution* 2 7
HP   Honorific prefix 待遇接頭辞    2 3.3.1
HS   Honorific suffix 待遇接尾辞    2 3.4.1.1
WE   Combining form (word element) 造語成分(語素) not currently used 1 3.3.2
WP   Derivational/compunding prefix 派生接頭辞    1 3.3.2
WS   Derivational/compunding prefix suffix 造語接尾辞    1 3.4.1.4
WS A Derivational suffix -- adjectival ending 形容詞性(派生)接尾辞    づらい 1 3.4.2
WS M Derivational suffix -- adjectival noun ending 形容動詞性(派生)接尾辞    難げ 2 3.4.3
WS N Derivational suffix -- measure Word 助数詞    1 4.2
4.7.1

*CAUTION: Asterisked items above must be used with caution as they may create noise, especially the short inflectional endings which can cause extreme parsing ambiguities.

OTHERS その他
POS SUB POS ENGLISH DESCRIPTION JAPANESE DESCRIPTION NOTES EXAMPLE BINDING VALENCY JLASS
D   Adverb 副詞   あるいは 0 11
EJ   Phrase 慣用句   時は金なり 0 12.4
I   Interjection 感動詞   ああ 0 12.1
J   Conjunction 接続詞   しかも 0 11
PL 0 Particle 助詞   2 8-9
PL 2 Compound adjuncts
(Particle equivalent lexeme)
複合的な
付属語・連語
  とすれば 0 10
U   POS unknown 品詞不明     0 10

CONJUGATION PATTERNS: Regular Verbs
POS CONJ DESCRIPTION EXAMPLE NOTES
V5 B B-pattern 呼ぶ Consonant verb
See JAPWORDP.DOK for details
  G G-pattern 急ぐ Consonant verb
  K K-pattern 書く Consonant verb
  M M-pattern 込む Consonant verb
  N N-pattern 死ぬ Consonant verb
  S S-pattern 話す Consonant verb
  T T-pattern 建つ Consonant verb
  R R-pattern 謝る Consonant verb
  W W-pattern 合う Consonant verb
V1     食べる Vowel-stem verb
VN     意味(する) Verbal noun

CONJUGATION PATTERNS: Irregular Verbs
POS CONJ DESCRIPTION EXAMPLE NOTES
VS S SURU-type 生き生きする Suru-verb
  Z ZURU-type 演ずる Suru-verb
VX K1 IKU-type 行く Irregular verb
  K2 KURU-type 来る Irregular verb
  R1 ARU-type ある Irregular verb
  R2 OSSHARU-type くださる Irregular verb
  R3 SURU-type する Irregular verb
  R4 URU-type 得る Irregular verb


TYPE FIELD SYMBOLS
POS SUBPOS TYPE ENGLISH DESCRIPTION JAPANESE DESCRIPTION NOTES
V   t Transitive verbs 他動詞  
V   i Intransitive verbs 自動詞  
V   r Transitive and Intransitive verbs 他動詞と自動詞  

BINDING VALENCY
BINDING VALENCY ENGLISH DESCRIPTION JAPANESE DESCRIPTION NOTES
0 Free form JAPANESE DESCRIPTION  
1 Always bound JAPANESE DESCRIPTION  
2 Sometimes bound, sometimes free? JAPANESE DESCRIPTION