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(grammar): noun case used to indicate means. It answers the question how?, and in English, this is usually expressed by the prepositional phrase by means of, as in by means of the house. Languages that use the instructive case include Finnish and (rarely) Estonian.

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instructive case

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(grammar): noun case used to indicate means. It answers the question "how?", and in English, this is usually expressed by the prepositional phrase by means of, as in "by means of the house". Languages that use the instructive case include Finnish and (rarely) Estonian.

Japanese Meaning

手段格：手段や方法を示すための格。質問「どのように？」に答えるために用いられる。