In linguistics, declension (verb: to decline) is the changing of the form of a word, generally to express its syntactic function in the sentence by way of an inflection. Declension may apply to nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, and determiners. It serves to indicate number (e.g. singular, dual, plural), case (e.g. nominative, accusative, genitive, or dative), gender (e.g. masculine, feminine, or neuter), and a number of other grammatical categories. Inflectional change of verbs is called conjugation.
Declension is the process where words like nouns, pronouns, and adjectives change their form to show their grammatical role in a sentence—for example, whether they're singular or plural, or what case they're in (like nominative or accusative). This system of changing word forms helps readers and listeners understand the grammatical relationships between words and what function each word serves in a sentence.
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Article · 日本語
曲用（きょくよう）またはディクレンション（declension）とは、語形変化のうち名詞などが性・数・格といった文法カテゴリーに対応して変化するものをいう。 古典語の文法では曲用という訳語がよく使われる。これは動詞の語形変化である活用と対をなす訳語である。また、格に応じた変化に代表されるので、語学などでは格変化と訳されることが多いが、格による変化だけをいうのではない。
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