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語
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humble language in which the listener (or a third party) is the indirect object of an action (or the recipient of an object, etc.)
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humble language in which an action or object is not directed toward the listener (or a third party); humble language used as a courtesy
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idiom; idiomatic phrase
Examples
私はおろかにもその慣用語句を文字通りの意味で解釈してしまった。
I foolishly interpreted the idiom according to its literal sense.
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Linguistics
mixed language; hybrid language; pidgin
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Linguistics
word formed via contamination
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Linguistics
adjunct word
Examples
このようなものを修飾語と呼ばずに、付加語(A)と呼んでいる文法書もあります。
There are grammar books that call these sorts of things, not modifiers, but adjuncts (A).
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Hopi (language)
Examples
擬声語的表現については、ホピ語に興味深い例がある。
As to onomatopoetic expressions, we find interesting examples in Hopi.
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speech used by the speaker to convey the social stature between the speaker and listener; language conveying that the speaker is of greater social status than the listener
