ざら

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Japanese

Pronunciation

Adjective

ざら or ザラ • (zara) -na (adnominal ざらな (zara na), adverbial ざらに (zara ni))

  1. common; commonplace
    ざらにある
    zara ni aru
    common
    (literally, “commonly existing”)

Inflection

Inflection of ざら
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) ざらだろ zara daro
Continuative (連用形) ざらで zara de
Terminal (終止形) ざらだ zara da
Attributive (連体形) ざらな zara na
Hypothetical (仮定形) ざらなら zara nara
Imperative (命令形) ざらであれ zara de are
Key constructions
Informal negative ざらではない
ざらじゃない 		zara de wa nai
zara ja nai
Informal past ざらだった zara datta
Informal negative past ざらではなかった
ざらじゃなかった 		zara de wa nakatta
zara ja nakatta
Formal ざらです zara desu
Formal negative ざらではありません
ざらじゃありません 		zara de wa arimasen
zara ja arimasen
Formal past ざらでした zara deshita
Formal negative past ざらではありませんでした
ざらじゃありませんでした 		zara de wa arimasen deshita
zara ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive ざらで zara de
Conditional ざらなら（ば） zara nara (ba)
Provisional ざらだったら zara dattara
Volitional ざらだろう zara darō
Adverbial ざらに zara ni
Degree ざらさ zarasa

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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