bigrade

adj

bigrade

adj

Etymology From bi- + grade. Compare Japanese 二段 (nidan).

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Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Belonging to a certain conjugation class of verbs in Old Japanese or Classical Japanese, so called due to their use of two vowels (grades or rows on the gojūon chart).

Related terms
monograde, quadrigrade, pentagrade

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