# Dictionary Terminology Glossary

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