助かる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
たす
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

Derived as the mediopassive or spontaneous counterpart to 助ける (tasukeru).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "助かる"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
助かる すか
Imperative (命令形) 助かれ すか
Key constructions
Passive 助かられる すかられ
Causative 助からせる すからせ
Potential - - -
Volitional 助かろう すかろ
Negative 助からない すからない
Negative perfective 助からなかった すからなかった
Formal 助かります すかりま
Perfective 助かった すかった
Conjunctive 助かって すかって
Hypothetical conditional 助かれば すかれば

Verb

(たす)かる (tasukaruintransitive godan (stem (たす)かり (tasukari), past (たす)かった (tasukatta))

Japanese verb pair
active 助ける
mediopassive 助かる
  1. to escape from danger or trouble
    その兵士(へいし)増援(ぞうえん)がきたおかげで(たす)かった
    Sono heishi wa zōen ga kita okage de tasukatta.
    Thanks to the arrival of reinforcements, the soldier was saved.
    この(いぬ)もう(たす)からない
    Kono inu wa mō tasukaranai.
    This dog can not be saved.
    (かさ)()っていて(たす)かる
    Kasa o motte ite tasukaru.
    Luckily I have an umbrella.

Conjugation

References

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