Types of Particles
There are eight types of particles, depending on what function they serve.
- Case markers (格助詞, kaku-joshi?)
が、の、を、に、へ、と、で、から、より
- Parallel markers (並立助詞, heiritsu-joshi?)
か、の、や、に、と、やら、なり、だの
- Sentence ending particles (終助詞, shū-joshi?)
か、の、や、な、わ、とも、かしら
- Interjectory particles (間投助詞, kantō-joshi?)
さ、よ、ね
- Adverbial particles (副助詞, fuku-joshi?)
ばかり、まで、だけ、ほど、くらい、など、なり、やら
- Binding particles (係助詞, kakari-joshi?)
は、も、こそ、でも、しか、さえ、だに
- Conjunctive particles (接続助詞, setsuzoku-joshi?)
や、が、て、のに、ので、から、ところが、けれども
- Phrasal particles (準体助詞, juntai-joshi?)
の、から
Note that some particles appear in two types. For example, "kara" is a case marker where it describes where something is from or what happens after something; when it describes a cause it is a conjunctive particle.
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