# Dictionary Terminology Glossary

Zachary Dovel

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This help manual covers the terminology used by the EDICT (English) and the ENAMDICT (Names and Places) dictionaries. Both are projects Copyright of The Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, Monash University.

Most of the information here has been lifted from their web pages. For the most up to date documentation, you would be best off perusing their respective home pages.

## English Dictionary Glossary

The EDICT (English-Japanese) dictionary uses some symbols to represent and classify words. While you may be able to guess adj-na means a na form adjective, MA is a bit harder to guess. This table was taken from the EDICT Project's homepage. For the newest revisions of the documentation, please check it out.

### Part of Speech Markings

#### Adjective

adj-i

  adjective (keiyoushi)

adj-na

  adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

adj-no

  nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'

adj-pn

  pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi)

adj-t

  `taru' adjective

adj-f

  noun or verb acting prenominally (other than the above)

adj

  former adjective classification (being removed)

adv

  adverb (fukushi)

adv-n

  adverbial noun

adv-to

  adverb taking the `to' particle

#### Auxiliary

aux

  auxiliary

aux-v

  auxiliary verb

aux-adj

  auxiliary adjective

#### Verb

v1

  Ichidan verb

v5

  Godan verb (not completely classified)

v5aru

  Godan verb - -aru special class

v5b

  Godan verb with `bu' ending

v5g

  Godan verb with `gu' ending

v5k

  Godan verb with `ku' ending

v5k-s

  Godan verb - iku/yuku special class

v5m

  Godan verb with `mu' ending

v5n

  Godan verb with `nu' ending

v5r

  Godan verb with `ru' ending

v5r-i

  Godan verb with `ru' ending (irregular verb)

5s

  Godan verb with `su' ending

v5t

  Godan verb with `tsu' ending

v5u

  Godan verb with `u' ending

v5u-s

  Godan verb with `u' ending (special class)

v5uru

  Godan verb - uru old class verb (old form of Eru)

v5z

  Godan verb with `zu' ending

vz

  Ichidan verb - zuru verb - (alternative form of -jiru verbs)

vi

  intransitive verb

vk

  kuru verb - special class

vn

  irregular nu verb

vs

  noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

vs-i

  suru verb - irregular

vs-s

  suru verb - special class

vt

  transitive verb

iv

  irregular verb

#### Noun

n noun

  (common) (futsuumeishi)

n-adv

  adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)

n-pref

  noun, used as a prefix

n-suf

  noun, used as a suffix

n-t

  noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)

#### Other

num

  numeric

pref

  prefix

prt

  particle

suf

  suffix

conj

  conjunction

ctr

  counter

exp

  Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)

id

  idiomatic expression

int

  interjection (kandoushi)

### Field of Application Markings

Buddh

  Buddhist term

MA

  martial arts term

comp

  computer terminology

food

  food term

geom

  geometry term

gram

  grammatical term

ling

  linguistics terminology

math

  mathematics

mil

  military

physics

  physics terminolog

### Miscellaneous Markings

X

  rude or X-rated term

abbr

  abbreviation

arch

  archaism

ateji

  ateji (phonetic) reading

chn

  children's language

col

  colloquialism

derog

  derogatory term

eK

  exclusively kanji

ek

  exclusively kana

fam

  familiar language

fem

  female term or language

gikun

  gikun (meaning) reading

hon

  honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language

hum

  humble (kenjougo) language

iK

  word containing irregular kanji usage

id

  idiomatic expression

io

  irregular okurigana usage

m-sl

  manga slang

male

  male term or language

male-sl

  male slang

ng

  neuter gender

oK

  word containing out-dated kanji

obs

  obsolete term

obsc

  obscure term

ok

  out-dated or obsolete kana usage

on-mim

  onomatopoeic or mimetic word

poet

  poetical term

pol

  polite (teineigo) language

rare

  rare

sens

  sensitive word

sl

  slang

uK

  word usually written using kanji alone

uk

  word usually written using kana alone

vulg

  vulgar expression or word

### Gairaigo and Regional Word Markings

kyb

  Kyoto-ben

osb

  Osaka-ben

ksb

  Kansai-ben

ktb

  Kantou-ben

tsb

  Tosa-ben

thb

  Touhoku-ben

tsug

  Tsugaru-ben

kyu

  Kyuushuu-ben

rkb

  Ryuukyuu-ben

## Names/Places Dictionary Glossary

The Names and Places dictionaries uses some symbols to represent and classify words. While you may be able to guess "m" means a male given name, g is a bit harder to guess. This table was taken from the ENAMDICT Project's homepage. For the newest revisions of the documentation, please check it out.

### General Markings

s

  Surname

p

  Place-name

u

  Person name, either given or surname, as-yet unclassified

g

  Given name, as-yet not classified by sex

f

  Female given name

m

  Male given name

h

  Full (family plus given) name of a particular person

pr

  Product name

co

  Company name

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