じょ
Meanings
Noun
Linguistics
1. particle; postpositional word in Japanese grammar that functions as an auxiliary to a main word
Kanji used
help
part of speech
Pitch accent
じょ
Composed of
help; rescue; assistant
words; writing; ci (form of Chinese poetry); independent word
Used in vocabulary (9 in total)
case-marking particle (e.g. "ga", "no", "wo", "ni")
conjunction particle (e.g. "ba", "kara", "keredo", "nagara")
parallel marker; particle used to list items (e.g. "to", "ya", "yara")
binding particle (e.g. "ha", "mo", "koso", "shika"); linking particle; connecting particle
interjectory particle (e.g. "yo", "ne", "sa")
particle that attaches to a phrase and acts on the whole phrase
adverbial particle (e.g. "bakari", "nado", "kurai", "hodo")
binding particle (e.g. "ha", "mo", "koso", "shika"); linking particle; connecting particle
parallel marker; particle used to list items (e.g. "to", "ya", "yara")