Structure (Intermediate ㊥ 487)
A structure which is used in interpreting, explaining, or defining a word, a phrase, or a sentence.
Equivalent: Mean; the meaning of ~ is; what ~ means is
| (i) Noun/Adjective な stem | というのは | |
| マンションというのは | What manshon means is ~ | |
| 独創的というのは | Dokusouteki means ~ | |
| (ii) {VP/AP/Sentence}informal | というのは | |
| 「首を切る」というのは | What kubi wo kiru (literally to cut one’s head off) means is ~ | |
| 「溺れる者はわらをもつかむ」というのは | What oboreru mono wa wara wo mo tsukamu (literally a drowning person cluthes even at a straw) means is ~ | |
| (iii) のことだ | ||
| 買取のアパートのことだ | ~ means an apartment for purchase | |
| (iv) Verb/Adjective | ことだ | The same as the relative clause formation rules |
| (何かをするのが)易しいことだ | ~ means ‘easy to do something’ | |
| (何かが)大好きなことだ | ~ means ‘to like someone a lot’ | |
| (何かが上手に)なることだ | ~ mean ‘to become skilful in something’ | |
| (v) {VP/AP/Sentence}informal | ということだ | |
| 細かい所ばかりを見て全体を見ないということだ | ~ means that one sees only details and does not see the whole |
