Grammar - Grade 2 List View

Review these list items to study and edit your keyphrase and other memory aids.
Grammar Point
expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)
exp 
pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi)
adj-pn 
word usually written using kana alone
uk 
A Keyphrase should be a short phrase that brings to mind and helps to remember the information on this frame.
こうした

such

こうした + Noun

こうした is a demonstrative used to refer back to something or someone that has just been mentioned in the conversation or text. It functions as a pre-noun adjectival, meaning it must be followed by a noun. It implies that the thing mentioned is an example of a broader category or type.

The noun following こうした represents the category that the previously mentioned item belongs to.

We must solve such problems.

I like such people.

Such a town is very quiet.

Note

こうした is more formal than words like こんな. It is frequently used in writing or formal speech to refer to a situation, problem, or person that was just described as an example of a type of thing.

Words: 
斯うしたこうした
此うしたこうした
Radicals of radicals