名詞句 – vocab dash

名めい詞し句く

Meanings

Noun

1. noun phrase; NP

Kanji used

名name 詞part of speech 句phrase

Pitch accent

めいしく

Composed of

名めい詞し

noun

Noun

句く

section (i.e. of text); sentence; passage; paragraph; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.; maxim; saying; …

Noun

Examples2

このような名めい詞し句くを隠かくれ疑ぎ問もん文ぶん（concealed　question）といいます。

This type of noun phrase is called a "concealed question".

「fiveminutes」って名めい詞し句くでいいんですよね？

It's OK to think of 'five minutes' as a noun phrase, right?