Conceptual words - Kannengo

Japanese: 観念語 - かんねんご

〘noun〙① A word whose content is some kind of idea. The opposite of a formal word. An idea is almost like a concept, roughly equivalent to a semantic element for a morpheme, or an independent word for an auxiliary word. [Japanese Grammar Theory (1902-08)]② A conceptual word without substance. ※Family Happiness (1948) by Dazai Osamu "A truly childish conceptual word (for example, in my research, although it is true, somehow we should rebuild Japan, both the government and the people should join forces, etc.)"

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 何らかの観念を内容とする語。形式語の対。一つの観念は概念というに近く、形態素に対する意義素、付属語に対する自立語にほぼあたる。〔日本文法論（1902‐08）〕② 実質の伴わない、観念的な言葉。※家庭の幸福（1948）〈太宰治〉「実に幼稚な観念語（たとへば、研究中、ごもっともながらそこを何とか、日本再建、官も民も力を合せ〈略〉云々）」

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