役に立つ

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
役 立
やく
Grade: 3 		た
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「役に立つ」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		役に立つ やくにたつ
Imperative (命令形) 役に立て やくにたて
Key constructions
Passive 役に立たれる やくにたたれる
Causative 役に立たせる やくにたたせる
Potential 役に立てる やくにたてる
Volitional 役に立とう やくにたとー
Negative 役に立たない やくにたたない
Negative perfective 役に立たなかった やくにたたなかった
Formal 役に立ちます やくにたちます
Perfective 役に立った やくにたった
Conjunctive 役に立って やくにたって
Hypothetical conditional 役に立てば やくにたてば

Verb

役(やく)に立(た)つ • (yaku ni tatsu) godan (stem 役(やく)に立(た)ち (yaku ni tachi), past 役(やく)に立(た)った (yaku ni tatta))

  1. to be useful, to help
    このページは役(やく)に立(た)ちましたか？
    Kono pēji wa yaku ni tachimashita ka?
    Was this page helpful?

Conjugation

Conjugation of "役に立つ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 役に立た やくにたた yaku ni tata
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 役に立ち やくにたち yaku ni tachi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 役に立つ やくにたつ yaku ni tatsu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 役に立つ やくにたつ yaku ni tatsu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 役に立て やくにたて yaku ni tate
Meireikei ("imperative") 役に立て やくにたて yaku ni tate
Key constructions
Passive 役に立たれる やくにたたれる yaku ni tatareru
Causative 役に立たせる
役に立たす 		やくにたたせる
やくにたたす 		yaku ni tataseru
yaku ni tatasu
Potential 役に立てる やくにたてる yaku ni tateru
Volitional 役に立とう やくにたとう yaku ni tatō
Negative 役に立たない やくにたたない yaku ni tatanai
Negative continuative 役に立たず やくにたたず yaku ni tatazu
Formal 役に立ちます やくにたちます yaku ni tachimasu
Perfective 役に立った やくにたった yaku ni tatta
Conjunctive 役に立って やくにたって yaku ni tatte
Hypothetical conditional 役に立てば やくにたてば yaku ni tateba
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