✨ Basic Meaning
🎯 Primary Function
📋 Grammar Structure
🎭 Usage Contexts
Used in presentations, reports, and formal academic writing to clearly define terms.
Used naturally in casual conversation when explaining a complex or unfamiliar concept to someone.
Frequent in textbooks, articles, and instructional materials.
Commonly used to mark a pause and introduce the subject of an explanation.
💡 Common Applications
📌 Important Points
⚠️ Common Mistakes
🏛️ Cultural Context
🔍 Subtle Differences
📝 Conjugation Notes
というのは generally follows the plain (dictionary) form of verbs and adjectives. For Nouns and Na-adjectives, the final だ is often included (e.g., 学生だというのは, 静かだというのは) or the Na-adjective uses the な form (e.g., 好きなのは). When the entire phrase acts as a single noun clause, the だ is mandatory.
🔊 Pronunciation Tips
Pronounce 「というのは」 smoothly, but often with a slight pause before it to give emphasis to the term being defined or explained. The pitch often rises slightly on 「の」.
🧠 Memory Tips
Break it down: 「と」 (quotation particle) + 「いう」 (to say) + 「の」 (nominalizer) + 「は」 (topic marker). Remember it as, “As for [the thing] that [you/I] call X…”
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