| Adject | v. t. [ L. adjectus, p. p. of adjicere to throw to, to add to; ad + jac&ebreve_;re to throw. See Jet a shooting forth. ] To add or annex; to join. Leland. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Adjection | n. [ L. adjectio, fr. adjicere: cf. F. adjection. See Adject. ] The act or mode of adding; also, the thing added. [ R. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Adjectional | a. Pertaining to adjection; that is, or may be, annexed. [ R. ] Earle. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Adjectitious | [ L. adjectitius. ] Added; additional. Parkhurst. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Adjectival | a. Of or relating to the relating to the adjective; of the nature of an adjective; adjective. W. Taylor (1797) [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Adjectivally | adv. As, or in the manner of, an adjective; adjectively. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Adjective | a. [ See Adjective, n. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. Added to a substantive as an attribute; of the nature of an adjunct; as, an adjective word or sentence. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Not standing by itself; dependent. [ 1913 Webster ]
Adjective color, a color which requires to be fixed by some mordant or base to give it permanency. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. Relating to procedure. “The whole English law, substantive and adjective.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Adjective | n. [ L. adjectivum (sc. nomen), neut. of adjectivus that is added, fr. adjicere: cf. F. adjectif. See Adject. ] 1. (Gram.) A word used with a noun, or substantive, to express a quality of the thing named, or something attributed to it, or to limit or define it, or to specify or describe a thing, as distinct from something else. Thus, in phrase, “a wise ruler, ” wise is the adjective, expressing a property of ruler. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A dependent; an accessory. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Adjective | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Adjectived p. pr. & vb. n. Adjectiving ] To make an adjective of; to form or change into an adjective. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Language has as much occasion to adjective the distinct signification of the verb, and to adjective also the mood, as it has to adjective time. It has . . . adjectived all three. Tooke. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Adjectively | adv. In the manner of an adjective; as, a word used adjectively. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| 地 | [de, ㄉㄜ˙, 地] -ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct #40 [Add to Longdo] |
| 得 | [de, ㄉㄜ˙, 得] structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc #68 [Add to Longdo] |
| 性 | [xìng, ㄒㄧㄥˋ, 性] nature; character; property; quality; attribute; sexuality; sex; gender; surname; suffix forming adjective from verb; suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity; essence #850 [Add to Longdo] |
| 耐心 | [nài xīn, ㄋㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄣ, 耐 心] patient (adjective) #5,114 [Add to Longdo] |
| 形容词 | [xíng róng cí, ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄘˊ, 形 容 词 / 形 容 詞] adjective #21,649 [Add to Longdo] |
| 兮兮 | [xī xī, ㄒㄧ ㄒㄧ, 兮 兮] (particle used to exaggerate certain adjectives, in particular 神經兮兮, 髒兮兮, 可憐兮兮, and 慘兮兮) #21,979 [Add to Longdo] |
| 词性 | [cí xìng, ㄘˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ, 词 性 / 詞 性] part of speech (noun, verb, adjective etc); lexical category #44,602 [Add to Longdo] |
| 形容辞 | [xíng róng cí, ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄘˊ, 形 容 辞 / 形 容 辭] adjective [Add to Longdo] |
| 赠送的 | [zèng sòng de, ㄗㄥˋ ㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄉㄜ˙, 赠 送 的 / 贈 送 的] complimentary (adjective); given free as courtesy [Add to Longdo] |
| ない | [nai] (aux-adj) (1) not (verb-negating suffix; may indicate question or invitation with rising intonation); (suf, adj-i) (2) (See 忙しない) emphatic suffix (used after the root of an adjective); (P) #27 [Add to Longdo] |
| う | [u] (aux-v) (1) (after the imperfective form of certain verbs and adjectives) indicates speculation; (2) indicates will; (3) indicates invitation #63 [Add to Longdo] |
| 一(P);１ | [いち(P);ひと, ichi (P); hito] (num, pref) (1) (ひと when a prefix) one; (suf) (2) (いち only) best in; the most (...) in (where an adjective follows); (P) #82 [Add to Longdo] |
| み | [mi] (suf) (1) (also written with the ateji 味) (See 甘み) -ness (nominalizing suffix, esp. of sensory or subjective adjectives); (2) (See 深み) nominalizing suffix indicating location; (3) (See 降りみ降らずみ) (as ...mi ...mi) alternating between ... and ... #210 [Add to Longdo] |
| 等 | [ら, ra] (suf) (1) pluralizing suffix (often humble, derogatory or familiar); and others; et alios; and the like; and followers; (2) (See あちら, いくら) or so (rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.); (3) (See 清ら) (after the stem of an adjective) nominalizing suffix #221 [Add to Longdo] |
| 一方 | [ひとかた, hitokata] (n) (1) one (esp. of two); the other; one way; the other way; one direction; the other direction; one side; the other side; one party; the other party; (conj) (2) (See 他方・2) on the one hand; on the other hand; (3) whereas; although; but at the same time; meanwhile; in turn; (n-adv, n-suf) (4) (after noun, adjective-stem or plain verb) just keeps; being inclined to ...; tending to be ...; tending to do ...; continuously ...; just keeps on ...ing; only; (P) #802 [Add to Longdo] |
| 無い | [ない, nai] (adj-i) (1) (uk) (See 亡い) nonexistent; not being (there); (2) unpossessed; unowned; not had; (3) (See またとない) unique; (4) (as ...ことがない, etc.) indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; (aux-adj) (5) (See ない) (after the ren'youkei form of an adjective) not ...; (6) (after the -te form of a verb) to not be...; to have not ...; (P) #952 [Add to Longdo] |
| いけ;いっけ | [ike ; ikke] (pref) (See いけ好かない) prefix used to strengthen a derogatory adjective #1,842 [Add to Longdo] |
| らしい | [rashii] (aux-adj) (1) seeming ... (expresses judgment based on evidence, reason or trustworthy hearsay); appearing ...; (suf, adj-i) (2) (after a noun, adverb or adjective stem) -ish; like a ...; typical of ...; appropriate for ...; becoming of ...; worthy of the name ...; (P) #2,865 [Add to Longdo] |
| 素 | [そ, so] (adj-no, n) (1) plain; unadorned; undecorated; unadulterated; au naturel; (pref) (2) (derog) (before a noun) mere; poor; (3) (before an adjective) exceedingly #4,837 [Add to Longdo] |
| ちん | [chin] (n-suf) intimate (or disdainful) suffix used after a person's name (or the base of an adjective describing that person) #6,617 [Add to Longdo] |
| 激 | [げき, geki] (pref) (before the root of an -i adjective) extremely ... #7,991 [Add to Longdo] |
| 過ぎる | [すぎる, sugiru] (v1, vi) (1) to pass through; to pass by; to go beyond; (2) to pass (i.e. of time); to elapse; (3) to have expired; to have ended; to be over; (4) to exceed; to surpass; to be above; (5) (as 〜に過ぎない, etc.) to be no more than ...; (v1, vi, suf) (6) (often used after adjective stems or the -masu stems of verbs) to be excessive; to be too much; to be too ...; (P) #9,539 [Add to Longdo] |
| 形容詞 | [けいようし, keiyoushi] (n) { ling } (true) adjective; i-adjective; (P) #16,760 [Add to Longdo] |
| 形容 | [けいよう, keiyou] (n, vs) (1) describing; comparing; expressing figuratively; modifying; qualifying (e.g. an adjective qualifying a noun); (n) (2) form; figure; condition; state; (3) personal appearance; one's face and figure; looks; (P) #18,298 [Add to Longdo] |
| ざっくり | [zakkuri] (adv, vs) (1) roughly; approximately; loosely; (2) cutting or breaking apart with vigour; (3) deeply (cut or split); (4) rough (woollens, etc., as adjectival phrase with (to)shita); (5) sound of treading on pebbles [Add to Longdo] |
| して | [shite] (prt) (1) (See からして・1, として・1, にして・1, 為る・1) by (indicating means of action); as (a group, etc.); (2) (as 〜をして in modern Japanese) indicates patient of a causative expression; (3) (after the ren'youkei form of an adjective) acts as a connective; (4) (after an adverb or a particle) adds emphasis; (conj) (5) (See そして) and then [Add to Longdo] |
| たらしい;ったらしい | [tarashii ; ttarashii] (suf, adj-i) (after a noun or the stem of an adjective) seeming very... (usu. with a negative connotation) [Add to Longdo] |
| やか | [yaka] (suf, adj-na) (See しめやか, 華やか) (after a noun, adjective stem, onomatopoeic-mimetic word, etc.) seeming very ... [Add to Longdo] |
| らか | [raka] (suf, adj-na) (See 高らか, 清らか) (after an adjective stem, onomatopoeic-mimetic word, etc.) being ... [Add to Longdo] |
| アジェクティブ;アジェクテブ | [ajiekuteibu ; ajiekutebu] (n) adjective [Add to Longdo] |
| イ形容詞;ィ形容詞 | [イけいようし, i keiyoushi] (n) (See 形容詞, 形容動詞) adjective ending in "i"; i-adjective [Add to Longdo] |
| カリ活用 | [カリかつよう, kari katsuyou] (n) classical form of i-adjective inflection formed by contraction of the "ku" adverbial form with the classical verb "ari" ("aru") [Add to Longdo] |
| ク活用 | [クかつよう, ku katsuyou] (n) classical form of i-adjective inflection (easily recognized by its attributive form ending in "ki" and predicative form ending in "shi") [Add to Longdo] |
| シク活用 | [シクかつよう, shiku katsuyou] (n) classical form of i-adjective inflection (easily recognized by its attributive form ending in "shiki" and predicative form ending in "shi") [Add to Longdo] |
| タリ活用 | [タリかつよう, tari katsuyou] (n) classical form of na-adjective inflection formed by contraction of the particle "to" with the classical verb "ari" ("aru") [Add to Longdo] |
| ナリ活用 | [ナリかつよう, nari katsuyou] (n) classical form of na-adjective inflection formed by contraction of the particle "ni" with the classical verb "ari" ("aru") [Add to Longdo] |
| ナ形容詞 | [なけいようし, nakeiyoushi] (n) (See 形容動詞) na-adjective; adjective ending in "na" [Add to Longdo] |
| 活用語尾 | [かつようごび, katsuyougobi] (n) conjugative suffix (i.e. "-iru" and "-eru" for ichidan verbs, "-i" for i-adjectives, etc.) [Add to Longdo] |
| 議論になる | [ぎろんになる, gironninaru] (exp, v5r) (1) to get into an argument; to come to discuss; (2) to be controversial (usu. as an adjectival phrase); to be contentious [Add to Longdo] |
| 虚字 | [きょじ, kyoji] (n) kanji representing verb or adjective [Add to Longdo] |
| 形動 | [けいどう, keidou] (n) (abbr) { ling } (See 形容動詞) adjectival noun (abbr. often used in dictionaries); quasi-adjective [Add to Longdo] |
| 形容句 | [けいようく, keiyouku] (n) { ling } phrase used as an adjective [Add to Longdo] |
| 形容詞句 | [けいようしく, keiyoushiku] (n) { ling } adjective phrase; adjectival phrase [Add to Longdo] |
| 形容詞相当語句 | [けいようしそうとうごく, keiyoushisoutougoku] (n) { ling } adjectival equivalent [Add to Longdo] |
| 形容動詞 | [けいようどうし, keiyoudoushi] (n) { ling } na-adjective (adj-na); quasi-adjective; adjectival noun; nominal adjective [Add to Longdo] |
| 形容矛盾 | [けいようむじゅん, keiyoumujun] (n) contradictio in adjecto (contradiction between an adjective and the noun it modifies, i.e. "wooden iron", "hot ice", etc.) [Add to Longdo] |
| 死に至る | [しにいたる, shiniitaru] (exp, v5r) to bring about death; (as an adjectival phrase) fatal (e.g. disease); thanatophoric [Add to Longdo] |
| 秋涼し | [あきすずし, akisuzushi] (adj-f) (arch) (しく adjective) (See 秋涼・しゅうりょう・1) pleasantly cool (as in the arrival of autumn) [Add to Longdo] |
| 述語形容詞 | [じゅつごけいようし, jutsugokeiyoushi] (n) { ling } (See 叙述形容詞) predicate adjective [Add to Longdo] |
| 叙述形容詞 | [じょじゅつけいようし, jojutsukeiyoushi] (n) { ling } predicate adjective; predicative adjective [Add to Longdo] |
| 垂れ | [たれ, tare] (n) (1) hanging; something hanging (i.e. a flap, lappet, etc.); (2) (uk) (also タレ) sauce for dipping, etc. made from soy sauce, mirin, vinegar and dashi; (3) (in kendo) loin guard; (4) kanji radical enclosing the top-left corner of a character; (n-suf) (5) (derog) (also ったれ) -ass (used after a noun or na-adjective indicating someone's nature); -head; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 多岐にわたる;多岐に渡る | [たきにわたる, takiniwataru] (exp, v5r) to cover a lot of ground; to include a lot of topics; (as adjectival phrase) wide-ranging [Add to Longdo] |
| 第一形容詞 | [だいいちけいようし, daiichikeiyoushi] (n) (obsc) { ling } (See ク活用) type-1 adjective (i.e. one that uses "ku" conjugation) [Add to Longdo] |
| 第二形容詞 | [だいにけいようし, dainikeiyoushi] (n) (obsc) { ling } (See シク活用) type-2 adjective (i.e. one that uses "shiku" conjugation) [Add to Longdo] |
| 乃 | [の, no] (prt) (1) (uk) (occasionally ん) indicates possessive; (2) verb and adjective nominalizer (nominaliser); (3) substituting for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (4) (often ん) indicates a confident conclusion; (5) emotional emphasis (sentence end) (fem); (6) indicates question (sentence end); (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 補助形容詞 | [ほじょけいようし, hojokeiyoushi] (n) { ling } subsidiary adjective; auxiliary adjective [Add to Longdo] |
| 補助用言 | [ほじょようげん, hojoyougen] (n) auxiliary inflecting word, such as a verb or adjective [Add to Longdo] |
| 名詞的形容詞 | [めいしてきけいようし, meishitekikeiyoushi] (n) { ling } substantive adjective [Add to Longdo] |
| 名詞法 | [めいしほう, meishihou] (n) (See 連用形) use of a verb or adjective conjugation (esp. ren'youkei) as a noun [Add to Longdo] |
