Preposition - Preposition

Japanese: 介詞 - かいし
Preposition - Preposition

…In contrast, a “particle” does not bring about such a concrete image by itself. Its meaning is “empty spirit,” and it helps the function of a real word to convey the speaker’s will or emotion. Examples of this include adverbs, conjunctions, prepositions, and mood particles (some people simply call them “particles”). The scope of “particles” as defined by Japanese Sinologists is even broader, and can even include pronouns (some Chinese scholars have also made a similar theory). …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "medial words" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…これに対して〈虚詞〉は単独ではそのような具体的なイメージをもたらさない。その表す意味は〈空霊〉で,実詞のはたらきを助けて話者の意志または情念を伝達するものであり,副詞や連詞や介詞や語気助詞(単に〈助詞〉と呼ぶ人がある)などがこれに属する。日本の漢学者のいう〈助字〉の範囲はいっそう広く,代名詞などをも含めることがある(中国の学者にも同様の説をなす人があった)。…

※「介詞」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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