(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
words; writing; ci (form of Chinese poetry); independent word
ritual prayer; invocation of the gods participating in a rite; congratulatory address
pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern
adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
memorial address; words of condolence; funeral oration; eulogy
songwriting (words and music)
particle; postpositional word in Japanese grammar that functions as an auxiliary to a main word
lyric writer; lyricist; songwriter
inflecting dependent word (in Japanese); bound auxiliary; auxiliary verb (in languages other than Japanese)
foreword; preface; introduction; prefatory modifying statement (of a waka, etc.)
lyric sheet; card with the lyrics to a song
interjection; exclamation
congratulations; greetings
case-marking particle (e.g. "ga", "no", "wo", "ni")
conjunction particle (e.g. "ba", "kara", "keredo", "nagara")
adjectival noun (in Japanese); quasi-adjective; nominal adjective; na-, taru-, nari- or tari-adjective
anthology (of poems); florilegium
formal noun; dummy noun; expletive noun
florid expression; poetical talent
lyric writer; lyricist; songwriter
pre-noun adjectival; adnominal adjective
verb phrase; verbal phrase
funeral eulogy; memorial speech
words; speech; expression
prefix (as a part-of-speech)
sentence-ending particle (e.g. "ka", "na", "yo", "kashira")
adverbial phrase; adverb phrase
(words of) praise; eulogy
potential verb; -eru verb derived from -u verbs expressing potentiality
parallel marker; particle used to list items (e.g. "to", "ya", "yara")
binding particle (e.g. "ha", "mo", "koso", "shika"); linking particle; connecting particle
words; speech; expression
nominal verb; verbal noun
subsidiary verb (in Japanese); auxiliary verb
New Year party where greetings (or business cards, etc.) are exchanged
determiner; qualifier; determinative
noun clause; nominal clause
ordinal numeral; ordinal number
complete intransitive verb
part-of-speech classification
interjectory particle (e.g. "yo", "ne", "sa")
particle that attaches to a phrase and acts on the whole phrase
to-infinitive; full infinitive
godan verb; type 1 verb; consonant-stem verb; u-verb
counter; counter word; measure word
adverbial particle (e.g. "bakari", "nado", "kurai", "hodo")
adverbial clause; adverb clause
ci (form of Chinese poetry)
ichidan verb; type 2 verb; vowel-stem verb; ru-verb
partitive article (e.g. "du" in French)
consonant stem verb; godan verb
incomplete intransitive verb
type-1 adjective (i.e. one that uses "ku" conjugation)
compound preposition; complex preposition; phrasal preposition
noun that can be used as an adverb; temporal noun
cognate object verb phrase
inchoative verb; inceptive verb
dangling participle; hanging participle
verb ending in "zu" or "zuru" (predecessor of modern -jiru verbs)
compound preposition; complex preposition; phrasal preposition
vowel stem verb; ichidan verb
stative verb; state verb; non-progressive verb
verb formed by adding "suru" to a noun
verb formed by adding "zuru" to a noun
noun equivalent; substantive
use of a verb or adjective conjugation (esp. ren'yōkei) as a noun
subject-auxiliary inversion
zero article; having no article
adverb equivalent; adverbial equivalent
indeclinable function word (e.g. particle, auxiliary, discourse marker, etc.)
ending a sentence with a noun
predicate verb; predicator
bare infinitive; root infinitive
type-2 adjective (i.e. one that uses "shiku" conjugation)
reflexive pronoun (in Japanese grammar only)
reflexive pronoun (in Japanese grammar only)
adjectival noun; na-adjective
predicate noun; predicate nominative
cardinal numeral; cardinal number
subordinating conjunction; subordinator
coordinating conjunction; coordinator
adposition; prepositions and postpositions
subsidiary adjective (in Japanese); auxiliary adjective
na-adjective; adjectival noun
adjective phrase; adjectival phrase
parallel marker; particle used to list items (e.g. "to", "ya", "yara")
eight parts of speech (in traditional English grammar, etc.)
predicate adjective; predicative adjective
classifier (in Chinese); measure word
preposition (in Chinese); adposition