- Jutsu
nihongo|Jutsu|術 — meaning "technique, method, skill" or "trick" — is a
bound morpheme of the Sino-Japanese lexical stratum of theJapanese language ."Jutsu" may combine with another morpheme (or word) to form a word. It does so much more commonly as a second part; examples are, in order of increasing conspicuousness, "wajutsu" (話術, narrative skill), "shujutsu" (手術, surgery), "geijutsu" (芸術, craft) and "gijutsu" (技術, technique, technology). [In "
kanji ," these got about 1, 25, 57, and 220 million hits respectively at [http://www.google.co.jp Japanese-language Google] on13 August 2007 . (No attempt was made to exclude pages in Chinese.) With the possible exception of "wajutsu," all will appear in even the simplest of dictionaries for the learner of Japanese as a second language.] Non-speakers of Japanese may encounter it within the name of a specific martial art, e.g. "battōjutsu " (抜刀術, the art of drawing a sword) or "jūjutsu" (柔術, unarmed fighting).As a suffix, "jutsu" seems to be mildly productive, combining with "
gairaigo ": "komyunikēshonjutsu" (コミュニケーション術, communication skill) and "meikuappujutsu" (メイクアップ術, make-up skill). [With about 243,000 and 935 hits respectively at [http://www.google.co.jp Japanese-language Google] on13 August 2007 .]"Jutsu" also combines as a first half. A straightforward example is "jutsugo" (術語, technical term). An
allomorph ends withgemination instead of "tsu" (see "sokuon "), resulting in words such as "jussaku" (術策, manoeuvre) and "jutchū" (術中に, stratagem). [These three words appear in intermediate or larger Japanese and Japanese–English dictionaries.]Notes
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