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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

接続詞

Pronunciation / Transliteration: setsuzokushi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Conjunction/kənˈdʌŋk.ʃən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"文 '私は出かけたいが、雨が降っている' の中で 'が' は接続詞です。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A word that connects clauses or sentences or coordinates words in the same clause.

    "In the sentence 'I want to go for a walk, but it is raining', the word 'but' is a conjunction."
  2. 2

    A specific type of conjunction that connects two independent clauses.

    "The conjunction 'and' can be used to join two similar ideas, as in 'She likes tea and coffee.'"
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'coniunctio', meaning a joining together or connection, from 'coniungere' (to join together). Entering Middle English in the 14th century via Old French, it initially denoted a literal joining or combination before acquiring its grammatical sense.

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