Part Of Speech Tags

The pos attribute of the sense uses specific abbreviations to denote different parts of speech.

This is a comprehensive table of all of these values.

Standard

Name	Description
abbrev	abbreviation
adf	adfix
adj	adjective
phr_adj	adjective phrase
adv	adverb
phr_adv	adverbial phrase
aff	affix
aux	auxiliary
aux-adj	auxiliary adjective
aux-v	auxiliary verb
chr	character
crcf	circumfix
conj	conjunction
cconj	coordinating conjunction
cop	copula
ctr	counter
det	determiner
expr	expression
inf	infix
intf	interfix
intj	interjection
vi	intransitive verb
name	name
n	noun
num	numeric
part	particle
phr	phrase
postp	postposition
pref	prefix
prep	preposition
phr_prep	prepositional phrase
pron	pronoun
propn	proper noun
prov	proverb
punc	punctuation
conj_s	subordinating conjunction
suff	suffix
sym	symbol
vt	transitive verb
un	unknown
v	verb

Japanese

Name	Description
adj-pn	pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi)
adj-kari	’kari’ adjective (archaic)
adj-ku	’ku’ adjective (archaic)
adj-nari	archaic/formal form of na-adjective
adj-na	adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
adj-shiku	’shiku’ adjective (archaic)
adj-t	’taru’ adjective
adj-ix	adjective (keiyoushi) - yoi/ii class
n-adv	adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)
adv-to	adverb taking the ‘to’ particle
adj-no	nouns which may take the genitive case particle ‘no’
n-pref	noun, used as a prefix
n-suf	noun, used as a suffix
n-t	noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
adj-f	noun or verb acting prenominally
v5b	Godan verb with ‘bu’ ending
v5g	Godan verb with ‘gu’ ending
v5k	Godan verb with ‘ku’ ending
v5m	Godan verb with ‘mu’ ending
v5n	Godan verb with ‘nu’ ending
v5r	Godan verb with ‘ru’ ending
v5r-i	Godan verb with ‘ru’ ending (irregular verb)
v5aru	Godan verb - -aru special class
v5k-s	Godan verb - Iku/Yuku special class
v5s	Godan verb with ‘su’ ending
v5t	Godan verb with ‘tsu’ ending
v5u	Godan verb with ‘u’ ending
v5uru	Godan verb - Uru old class verb (old form of Eru)
v5u-s	Godan verb with ‘u’ ending (special class)
v1	Ichidan verb
v1-s	Ichidan verb - kureru special class
vz	Ichidan verb - zuru verb (alternative form of -jiru verbs)
vk	Kuru verb - special class
v2b-s	Nidan verb (lower class) with ‘bu’ ending (archaic)
v2b-k	Nidan verb (upper class) with ‘bu’ ending (archaic)
v2d-s	Nidan verb (lower class) with ‘dzu’ ending (archaic)
v2d-k	Nidan verb (upper class) with ‘dzu’ ending (archaic)
v2g-s	Nidan verb (lower class) with ‘gu’ ending (archaic)
v2g-k	Nidan verb (upper class) with ‘gu’ ending (archaic)
v2h-s	Nidan verb (lower class) with ‘hu/fu’ ending (archaic)
v2h-k	Nidan verb (upper class) with ‘hu/fu’ ending (archaic)
v2k-s	Nidan verb (lower class) with ‘ku’ ending (archaic)
v2k-k	Nidan verb (upper class) with ‘ku’ ending (archaic)
v2m-s	Nidan verb (lower class) with ‘mu’ ending (archaic)
v2m-k	Nidan verb (upper class) with ‘mu’ ending (archaic)
v2n-s	Nidan verb (lower class) with ‘nu’ ending (archaic)
v2r-s	Nidan verb (lower class) with ‘ru’ ending (archaic)
v2r-k	Nidan verb (upper class) with ‘ru’ ending (archaic)
v2s-s	Nidan verb (lower class) with ‘su’ ending (archaic)
v2t-s	Nidan verb (lower class) with ‘tsu’ ending (archaic)
v2t-k	Nidan verb (upper class) with ‘tsu’ ending (archaic)
v2a-s	Nidan verb with ‘u’ ending (archaic)
v2w-s	Nidan verb (lower class) with ‘u’ ending and ‘we’ conjugation (archaic)
v2y-s	Nidan verb (lower class) with ‘yu’ ending (archaic)
v2y-k	Nidan verb (upper class) with ‘yu’ ending (archaic)
v2z-s	Nidan verb (lower class) with ‘zu’ ending (archaic)
vn	irregular nu verb
vr	irregular ru verb, plain form ends with -ri
vs-c	su verb - precursor to the modern suru
vs	noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
vs-i	suru verb - included
vs-s	suru verb - special class
v-unspec	verb unspecified
v4b	Yodan verb with ‘bu’ ending (archaic)
v4g	Yodan verb with ‘gu’ ending (archaic)
v4h	Yodan verb with ‘hu/fu’ ending (archaic)
v4k	Yodan verb with ‘ku’ ending (archaic)
v4m	Yodan verb with ‘mu’ ending (archaic)
v4n	Yodan verb with ‘nu’ ending (archaic)
v4r	Yodan verb with ‘ru’ ending (archaic)
v4s	Yodan verb with ‘su’ ending (archaic)
v4t	Yodan verb with ‘tsu’ ending (archaic)