格

Meaning

1. nn-suf
   status; position; rank
2. n
   method; way; style
3. n
   rule; regulation; law
4. n
   case
5. n
   figure (form of a syllogism)
6. n
   amendment (to ritsuryō)

Example sentences

• thatには、主格、目的格の２つしかなく、格による形の変化はない。

  'That' has only the two cases, nominative and objective, and it does not inflect depending on the case.

• ラテン語には、主格・属格・与格・対格・奪格・呼格の6つの格がある。

  In Latin, there are six cases: nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, ablative, and vocative.

• 格が5つ以上ある言語はこれまで全部挫折してきました。

  Up until now, languages with more than four cases have only caused me frustration.