主語

しゅご

(gram) subject

What does 主語 mean?

主語 is a Japanese noun meaning (gram) subject in English. It is written as 主語 in kanji, しゅご in hiragana, and shugo in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N2 vocabulary.

Example sentence

英語の文構造は大抵、主語、動詞、目的語/補語だ。

In English, the usual sentence structure is Subject - Verb - Object/Complement.