Nouns in Japanese

Question 1

単数形（名詞）

Answer 1

Singular noun

• boy, box, baby, child, antenna, phenomenon

Question 2

複数形（名詞）

Answer 2

Plural noun

• boys, boxes, babies, children, antennae, phenomena

Question 3

可算名詞

Answer 3

Countable noun

• one apple, two apples

Question 4

不可算名詞

Answer 4

Uncountable noun

• some rice, some mayonnaise

Question 5

集合名詞

Answer 5

Collective noun

• furniture, cutlery, equipment

Question 6

具象名詞

Answer 6

Concrete noun

• apple, computer

Question 7

抽象名詞

Answer 7

Abstract noun

• honesty, love, fear, happiness

Question 8

複合名詞

Answer 8

Compound noun

• bookshelf, word-processor, post office

Question 9

普通名詞

Answer 9

Common noun (cf. proper noun)

• apple, computer

Question 10

固有名詞

Answer 10

Proper noun

• Linda, London

Question 11

名祖

Answer 11

Eponym

• Parkinson’s (named after James Parkinson),
  sandwich (named after the 4th Earl of Sandwich)

Question 12

部分語・単位・量

Answer 12

Partitives, units and quantity

Partitives express a part of a whole. They also enable us to quantify uncountable nouns: two bags of rice.
None of the adults, some of the boys, all of the girls, both of the brothers, neither of the sisters, etc. (See also quantifiers)

A box of chocolates, a carton of milk, a can of soda, a bottle of Scotch, a jar of peanut butter, a tub of ice cream, a cup of coffee, a piece of cheesecake, a bag of peanuts, a packet of chewing gum, a tube of toothpaste, a roll of film, a tin of paint, a pack of cards, a bunch of grapes, a whole bunch of paparazzi, a company of girl guides, a gang of thieves, a flock of sheep, a herd of cows, a pack of hounds, a school or shoal of fish, a set of rules, a bouquet of flowers, a swarm of mosquitoes, etc.

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