The modern theory of constituent order ("word order"), usually attributed to Joseph Greenberg, identifies several kinds of phrase.
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A phrase like edo no hitobito would be taken to mean "the people of Edo", or "the population of Edo", not "two people from Edo" or even "a few people from Edo".
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Adjectival noun or sometimes "adjectival", a noun that functions as an adjective, especially in Japanese grammar