What does the term "prenominally" mean? The term "" is described in denshi jisho as being a "Noun or verb acting prenominally". In the context of Japanese, what does it mean for something to be acting prenominally? For example, does it mean that there's restrictions on where such a word can be used?

In Japanese it is called (for a word) or (for a phrase). means modification or description of a noun, or in Japanese .

As suggested by the word “prenominal”, it is placed before a noun. Eg:

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Here, is placed before and describes .

Usually, of (, and ) is used as . is also a .

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