連用形

Etymology
Compound of.

Noun

 * 1)  an inflectional category: the continuative or stem form for verbs, the adverbial form for adjectives
 * This is the base form after which various conjugational endings are added, such as or . See Appendix:Japanese verbs for more details.

Usage notes

 * As a term describing an inherently Japanese grammatical form, is sometimes simply transliterated. When rendered into English, the term has been translated different ways by different authors. Alternative glosses include:
 * In regards to -i adjectives:
 * The initial k sound of the -ku ending can be elided, in a process called . This is often seen in Heian-era language. In modern standard Japanese, this is usually found in fossilized phrases that are often (but not always) archaic. It also remains as a dialectal feature.
 * In modern Kansai dialect, an innovation has taken place where the -ku ending of the can be dropped, as:
 * In regards to -i adjectives:
 * The initial k sound of the -ku ending can be elided, in a process called . This is often seen in Heian-era language. In modern standard Japanese, this is usually found in fossilized phrases that are often (but not always) archaic. It also remains as a dialectal feature.
 * In modern Kansai dialect, an innovation has taken place where the -ku ending of the can be dropped, as:
 * In regards to -i adjectives:
 * The initial k sound of the -ku ending can be elided, in a process called . This is often seen in Heian-era language. In modern standard Japanese, this is usually found in fossilized phrases that are often (but not always) archaic. It also remains as a dialectal feature.
 * In modern Kansai dialect, an innovation has taken place where the -ku ending of the can be dropped, as:
 * In modern Kansai dialect, an innovation has taken place where the -ku ending of the can be dropped, as:
 * In modern Kansai dialect, an innovation has taken place where the -ku ending of the can be dropped, as:
 * In modern Kansai dialect, an innovation has taken place where the -ku ending of the can be dropped, as: