ら抜き言葉

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
抜 言 葉
ぬ
Grade: S 		こと
Grade: 2 		は > ば
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
ら拔き言葉 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

Examples
  • 食(た)べれる (tabereru), standard potential form 食(た)べられる (taberareru)
  • 来(こ)れる (koreru), standard potential form 来(こ)られる (korareru)

ら抜(ぬ)き言(こと)葉(ば) • (ra-nuki kotoba) 

  1. (Japanese grammar) dropping the ら (ra) in the potential form of verbs formed with られる (-rareru)

Synonyms

References

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