ritual prayer; invocation of the gods participating in a rite; congratulatory address
adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
particle; postpositional word in Japanese grammar that functions as an auxiliary to a main word
inflecting dependent word (in Japanese); bound auxiliary; auxiliary verb (in languages other than Japanese)
interjection; exclamation
congratulations; greetings
foreword; preface; introduction; prefatory modifying statement (of a waka, etc.)
case-marking particle (e.g. "ga", "no", "wo", "ni")
pre-noun adjectival; adnominal adjective
funeral eulogy; memorial speech
(words of) praise; eulogy
anthology (of poems); florilegium
sentence-ending particle (e.g. "ka", "na", "yo", "kashira")
words; speech; expression
prefix (as a part-of-speech)
potential verb; -eru verb derived from -u verbs expressing potentiality
binding particle (e.g. "ha", "mo", "koso", "shika"); linking particle; connecting particle
binding particle (e.g. "ha", "mo", "koso", "shika"); linking particle; connecting particle
words; speech; expression
determiner; qualifier; determinative
nominal verb; verbal noun
ordinal numeral; ordinal number
complete intransitive verb
verb formed by adding "suru" to a noun
cardinal numeral; cardinal number
zero article; having no article
verb ending in "zu" or "zuru" (predecessor of modern -jiru verbs)
verb formed by adding "zuru" to a noun
na-adjective; adjectival noun