Questions tagged [verbs]
動詞. A class of words which describe events or states and can be inflected to indicate tense, aspect, voice, and so forth. In citation form, all Modern Japanese verbs end in -(r)u.
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how could I get a statistics of the length of japanese verbs? [closed]
How can I make statistics of how many syllables a Japanese verb has? I want to statistic 五段 and 一段 verbs, respectively and exclude all the する verbs.
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Where is verb transitivity listed in japanese dictionaries? [closed]
This may be a generic question. I wanted to see if a verb had some transitive use and thought a japanese-japanese dictionary would be more detailed than jisho.org, but I can't seem to find any mention ...
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Is 出くわす a 他動詞 that's intransitive?
According to a video on transitive/intransitive verbs, "Cure Dolly" states that whether a verb ends in す is "always" a reliable indicator on whether it is an "other-move" ...
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Which of these sentences are correct?
1 読みはしない
2 読みもしない
3 読みをしない
4 お読みしない
5 読みしない
6 読むことをしない
7 読むことなんてしない
I used the verb 読む for no particular reason. Can someone confirm which of these sentences have correct grammar?
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Parsing いずれも言葉に出して教えられるものが文明の根底にある
Below is an excerpt from an article selected for an examination paper concocted by and aimed at Chinese.
だが、文明の常識というものは、本来人間にとって、一つの暗黙の了解のようなものではなかっただろうか。自然の感じ方、起居動作の作法、基本的なモラルの感情など、...
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自分になりたい。 自分でありたい。 What's the difference?
I know both sentences more or less mean "I want to be myself", but I'm not sure of the subtle differences.
When would you use でありたい over になりたい ?
Source: Tsurune season 2 trailer. Both are ...
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強くさせてくれたこと and "The thing that made me strong"
強くさせてくれたこと, by Google Translate and by what I can infer from the context, is something that made me strong. However, upon further analyzing the grammar, I felt something was not right. To be specific, ...
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Meaning of 繋ぎ合う
I'm currently translating the Japanese versions of some Final Fantasy songs. I found the compound verb "繋ぎ合えた" in the song "Yakusoku no Basho" from FFXIII-2 as a relative clause, ...
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"うとましく思う" meaning?
Google gave me "disagreeable" for just "うとましく" and "to be shy" for "うとましく思う"
These obviously don't have the same meaning. What's more, when I put the full ...
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What does くて mean in this sentence? [duplicate]
For what I have studied till know, くて is
1- the te-form for negative verbs or i-adjectives and it's used to conect the verb or adjective to another word.
2- at the end of a sentence, in the case of ...
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Doubt about the たら conditional
From what I've learned when you used verb + たら, you are saying an if condition. While reading I came across:
起きたら生えてたの
which I interpretate as "When I woke up, (they) had (already) grew."
Is ...
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休ん and 違うん . I don't get if this is a verb form, conjugation, a contraction or some grammar that I still don't know
I found these phrases reading and didn't get if they were a verb form, conjugation or what, I neither could find them on a dictionary. I assume they are colloquial forms of speaking and this is the ...
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How do I say "What did you hear?"
If you want to ask someone "What did you hear" in Japanese do you say なんと聞きましたか？ or 何を聞きましたか？
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verb stem+masu vs verb stem+suru
Example:
引っ越す
引っ越しします
I know they have the same meaning but what are the small details? I remember seeing the structure お+verb stem+する used in humble speech, but here the お is omitted.
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Why is 売っています correct, as opposed to 売ってあります?
As I understand, inanimate objects are referred to using あります. Why, then, is it
コンビニでお握りを売っています
Both subject and object are inanimate. Are we still assuming a salesperson? What if it's a self-...
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Is it possible to use 丁寧語 before verbs that use a quoting particle?
犬かどうか分からない・犬ですかどうか分からない
きっと行くと言っていました・きっと行きますと言っていました
いい大学だと思う・いい大学ですと思う
Can't find a passage in the textbook that mentions and I'm not sure where to look. I feel like I've definitely heard something ...
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Question about sentences that qualify nouns
(私が)望む未来
(未来を)望む私
I used the same verb behind two diffent nouns.
However the Subject-Verb-Object remains the same.
The first sentence standing for: "The future I desire.".
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what does it mean when there is Verb+Adverb+Verb
おかげで僕は、辛うじてこいつらへの不信感を誤魔化せるギリギリに留まっていられた。
In English, would we use a comma here? I heard somewhere that Japanese doesn't use commas in those situations. I feel like the same scenario would be:
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If 連用形 can replace て-form in this sentence?
I wonder if the て in 僕を飼いならしてたいみたいだ can be removed? Because I think ならし is the 連用形 of ならす, so it can also used to link two verbs.
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What is the difference between 引き継ぐ and 引き受ける
I learn that both 引き継ぐ and 引き受ける can mean "take over".
引き継ぐ is about succeeding someone and its more suited for long term responsibilities/task
引き受ける is for more for casual work
I'm still a ...
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How to say "to move (house) from A to B" (change residence) in Japanese?
How to say "to move (house) from A to B" (change residence) in Japanese?
Here, it says the word is 引っ越す hikkosu, so I searched it on my dictionary and could not find how to use it in the ...
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Why do some Japanese verbs have different spellings?
I have been wondering, why some japanese verb have a variety of ways to spell. Does it matter which spelling I used or does the variety of spelling serve a purpose. And if it doesn't matter, then why ...
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How often is 戦う used with the particle を?
I learned the word 戦う as an instransitive verb for "to fight" (the verb is listed as intransitive at Jisho.org), mainly combined with と to like this: Aと戦う, to express the party or entity (A)...
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How to Use a Relative Clause with か in this sentence?
I am currently writing an essay for JPN 401 and I am trying to say this:
While my parents planned on how to take me to college, I was just doing things like watching YouTube videos, and just not ...
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Is くだらねぇ verb conjugation?
From the first episode of Death Note:
まったく くだらねえ
Is くだらねえ slang for くだらない?
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All conjugation groups of verbs
I believe most learners of Japanese were taught that the verbs of the language are classified into 3 groups:
Group 1 / Godan Verbs ([五段動詞]【ごだんどうし】);
Group 2 / Ichidan Verbs ([一段動詞]【いちだんどうし】);
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What does されています here? レポートには間違っていた箇所が指摘されています
in this sentence (レポートには間違っていた箇所が指摘されています)
"Xが指摘されています" can mean: "X will be pointed out" or only "X is pointed out"?
"されています" can be used to express actions ...
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Can the か particle change the pitch accent of verbs?
Consider the Heiban verb やる. According to a video on Japanese verb pitch accent rules, Heiban verbs with no downsteps remain Heiban when conjugated to their negative form. Prosody confirms this rule ...
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Verb form used for a to-do list for oneself?
What verb form is usually used in Japanese for a to-do list for oneself?
I want to start writing my to-do list in Japanese. In English, I would typically write my to-do list as actionable commands to ...
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Conflicting Definitions of Verb “Roots,” “Bases,” and “Stems”
Are there clear definitions for Japanese verb “roots,” “bases,” and “stems”? In books, online, and in classes, I encounter conflicting definitions, as described below.
ROOTS https://www.tofugu.com/...
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What does てもらえたら嬉しいmean?
僕の漫画がたくさんの人に楽しんで読んでもらえたら嬉しいです。
I know 楽しんで読む means “to read with pleasure”, but I’m not sure about もらえたら嬉しいです. I’ve interpreted it as a grammar constitution that means “I’ll be glad/happy if you ...
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The grammar of 死ぬ死ぬ言わないの
From an Ensemble Stars! visual novel type story, Victoria:
死ぬ死ぬ言わないノ、周りのひとが心配するでしョ……
The character being spoken to just finished an unexpected ramble on the aesthetics of various ways of dying. ...
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ら抜き - Can this ever be confusing?
So for ra-nuki, I think it is when an ichidan verb's potential form removes the ra. This makes it distinct from it's passive form. However, I believe the potential form of the godan equivalent verb ...
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Is every form of Japanese verbs attributive?
So, I know that た and ない are attributive such as:
知らない人 - a person that I don't know of (that they existed? still figuring out 分かる vs 知る)
but can you use any form of a verb to be attributive?
知れる人 - a ...
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Honorific Verbs conjugation - ～ていらっしゃる vs お + Verb Stem + になる
In book "Genki II", there's no explanation for verbs that don't have a special conjugation, for when to conjugate either to:
「て Form」 + いらっしゃる
お + Verb Stem + になる
My simple question is ...
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How does reduplication of words work in Japanese?
Recently I've heard words like ただただ and ゆっくりゆっくり showing up. I guessed that saying adverbs one more time over again puts more emphasis on them, but I'm not at all sure if that's true. (Always means ...
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Why does this sentence end in a noun instead of a verb? (Song lyrics) [duplicate]
I am currently trying to translate various song lyrics from Japanese for practice and would like to stay as close as possible to the original meaning of the sentences. Currently, I'm trying to ...
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Is there a way to conjucate transitive verbs to intransitive verbs ? or a pattern to use? [duplicate]
In the last lesson I had in my Japanese course, we learned about transitive verbs & intransitive verbs.
In the Genki II book, there's no explanation as to how a verb is transformed from transitive ...
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How to talk about T-posing
If I wanted to say something like,
Whenever I play such-and-such game, the characters always end T-posing.
〇〇ゲームをすると、キャラクターはいつもTポーズになってしまいます。
Or is this said a different way?
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What does 「そう」mean in this sentence? 「ねっ 私の手を引き剥がそうと しないでほしいです」
This line comes from episode two of Konosuba
ねっ 私の手を引き剥がそうとしないでほしいです
From my understanding of 「そう」, its a verb form for something might happen. For example, 「あの木、倒れそうだよ」would mean "That tree is ...
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What does せり mean in 「ワレ奇襲ニ成功セリ」
What does せり mean in 「ワレ奇襲【きしゅう】ニ成功【せいこう】セリ」?
We succeeded in our surprise attack.
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/トラトラトラ
I get the following vocabulary:
我【われ】 we
奇襲【きしゅう】 surprise attack
に particle
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Meaning of ご帰還あそばれなされた [duplicate]
Full sentence:
「俺様がご帰還あそばれなされたぞ！」
I think this sentence means something alike to: "I have returned!"
My main problem with this sentence is the usage of あそばれなされた.
From my understanding, this ...
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Why the verb has changed into く form
In the following sentence:
それ以上その姿勢を続けられなくなった
Why is the verb 続けられない transformed into 続けられなく？
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Does 悍ましい derive from a verb?
So I'm confused about おぞましい, because in 悍ましい, there's おくりがな. Atleast I'm sure of it, and as far as I know, おくりがな is added to a verb. So, I'd think that the ま in 悍ましい、is from the irrealis form of a ...
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What is the meaning of なりうるがため in this context?
恐るべき 事態に なりうるがため、 子細を 伝えることはできぬ。
The context is that I'm talking to a wizard in the game who happens to know something about my future.
Currently, I am trying to figure the exact construction/meaning ...
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Can する substitute a previously used verb?
I want to eat, but if I do, I'll get fat.
My attempt at a translation:食べたいけどそれをすると太る.
I expect this is totally unnatural. Even if it is okay I fear that adding それを may make it sound quite formal, but ...
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です vs ありますwhat is the difference between the two? Can they ever be interchangeable?
Q: 日本語の授業は毎日ありますか。一日に何時間ですか。
A: 日本語の授業は毎日あります。一日に二時間あります。
I have questions about the difference between “です” and “あります” regarding the above sentences taken from my textbook. Why is that “です” was used ...
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Can a irrealis form verb be combined with the adjective particle "な"
I asked this question because irrealis form and continuative form verbs can be combined with だ, so can't it be combined with na? I mean it looks ungrammatical but da goes with it so...
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Cannot understand 甘える
I will show two examples from Japanese websites.
First of all, from Weblio：
「彼女は私に甘える＝She spoils me」
Secondly from some site for Japanese English learners (Gabastyle):
「悲しいことが起きたときには友達や家族に甘えてもいいんだよ＝In ...
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What's the origin of "さ", the nonsubjective (dunno how to call it nominalizer)
So, I know that the subjective nominalizer み comes from the imperfective/irrealis form of む, apparently the subjective particle that makes things into subjective verbs?? I just heard this on a website....
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