Material:
List Japanese 助詞 Particle
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Commentary:
助詞 (
Hiragana: じょし
Romaji: Jo-shi) means a particle, or a marker.
助詞 is a word used in a sentence and never used alone. A particle is placed after another word to indicate the word's status in a sentence. This is because Japanese is flexible in the order of words. Without particles, subject and object of the sentence wouldn't be clear to the listener.
Further study:
Japan Ministry of Education (文部科学省).
学習指導要領 生きる力. 2017.
Republic of Korea Ministry of Education (대한민국
교육부).
People's Republic of China Ministry of Education (
中华人民共和国教育部). Tōngyòng Guīfàn Hànzì Biǎo (通用规范汉字表). 2013.
U.S. Department of Education (アメリカ合衆国教育省).