副詞

ふくし
JLPT:N2
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1Adverb — a part of speech that modifies verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs to express manner, degree, time, and the like. A grammatical term.

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Examples

「ゆっくり」は動作のようすを表す副詞だ。

"Yukkuri" (slowly) is an adverb that expresses the manner of an action.

「とても」や「かなり」は程度を表す副詞の代表的な例だ。

"Totemo" and "kanari" are typical examples of adverbs that express degree.

日本語の副詞には、動詞を修飾するものと文全体を修飾するものがある。

Japanese adverbs include those that modify a verb and those that modify an entire sentence.