How to say "grammar" in Japanese

• 文法ぶんぽうJLPT N4approx.Common
  nounUse this for grammar as the system and rules of a language, the subject of school lessons and language study. For the grammar of English or Japanese, this is the word you want.
  文法ぶんぽう屋やに聞ききたいんですが、「be+分詞ぶんし」はV Cなどのように考かんがえることはできないんですか？↗

  I'd like to ask a grammarian, isn't it possible to think of 'be + participle' like you do V C and such?
• 文典ぶんてんCommon
  nounRefers chiefly to a grammar as a written work — a treatise or reference book on a language's grammar; it is seldom the word for grammar as a system of rules — use 文法 for that.
• 語法ごほうCommon
  nounCovers 'grammar' in the sense of usage and syntax — how words and expressions are actually used. It fits discussion of diction and correct usage; for grammar as a system of rules, use 文法.
  この辞書じしょは特とくに語法ごほうに重点じゅうてんを置おいている。↗

  This dictionary puts a special emphasis on usage.

Choose 文法 for grammar as a language's system of rules; 語法 for grammar in the sense of usage and syntax, how words are actually used; 文典 really denotes a grammar as a written treatise or reference work.

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• 文法ぶんぽうgrammar
• 文典ぶんてんgrammar
• 語法ごほうdiction
• グラマーgrammar
• 文法書ぶんぽうしょgrammar (book)