course of Late Middle Japanese (see Late Middle Japanese adjectives), and now shii-adjectives are simply a form of i-adjectives. The distinction, although...

nouns, becoming naru adjectives in Modern Japanese (analogous to taru adjectives), rather than na adjectives as most nari adjectival nouns did. These include...

activities) nominal adjectives (names vary, also called na-adjectives or "adjectival nouns") verbs adjectives (so-called i-adjectives) More broadly, there...

out, to emit"). There are three types of adjectives (see Japanese adjectives): 形容詞 keiyōshi, or i adjectives, which have a conjugating ending i (い) (such...

closed class of adjectives, and new adjectives are not easily derived. Similarly, native Japanese adjectives (i-adjectives) are considered a closed class (as...

remaining static in all conjugations. Conjugable words (verbs, i‑adjectives, and na‑adjectives) are traditionally considered to have six possible conjugational...

sequence -ua- reducing to -a-: Many adjectival nouns of Early Middle Japanese were based on Old Japanese adjectives that were formed with suffixes -ka...

is 〜くれ -kure, rather than the expected ×くれろ *kurero. Japanese adjectives, specifically i-adjectives, function grammatically as verbs, though with more limited...

up adjectival in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Adjectival may refer to: Anything related to or serving as an adjective Adjectival noun (Japanese) Adjectival...

spelling, as described in the main article. Japanese adjectives can compound. This is quite common for na-adjectives, which function essentially as attributive...