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Illustration of 格

格かく

かく kaku Play N1 Noun

文中で名詞などが担う文法的な役割を示す区分。 status; character; case

Example 1

thatには、主格しゅかく、目的格もくてきかくの2つしかなく、格かくによる形かたちの変化へんかはない。

'That' has only the two cases, nominative and objective, and it does not inflect depending on the case.

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Example 2

日本語では、格助詞が名詞と述語の関係を示す。

In Japanese, case particles indicate the relationship between nouns and predicates.

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Kanji breakdown

格

N3

status; rank; capacity; character; case (law, grammar)

On reading
カク、コウ、キャク、ゴウ
Kun reading
Radical
木
Illustration of 人格
N1

じんかく

personality; character; individuality

Illustration of 体格
N1

たいかく

physique; constitution

Illustration of 失格
N1

しっかく

disqualification; elimination; incapacity (legal)

Illustration of 本格
N1

ほんかく

propriety; fundamental rules

Illustration of 格差
N1

かくさ

qualitative difference; disparity