Syntax

"Syntax" in Japanese

シンタックス

shintakkusu

(set of rules that govern how words are combined)

シンタックス

shintakkusu

(formal rules of a computer language)

シンタックス

shintakkusu

(study of the structure of phrases and sentences)

文法

bunpō

(formal rules of a computer language)

構文

kōbun

(formal rules of a computer language)

構文論

kōbunron

(set of rules that govern how words are combined)

構文論

kōbunron

(study of the structure of phrases and sentences)

統語論

tōgoron

(set of rules that govern how words are combined)

統語論

tōgoron

(study of the structure of phrases and sentences)

統辞論

tōjiron

(set of rules that govern how words are combined)

統辞論

tōjiron

(study of the structure of phrases and sentences)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.