"ら抜き言葉" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ɾa̠nɯ̟kʲi ko̞to̞ba̠] Forms: ら抜き言葉 [canonical] (ruby: (), (こと), ()), ra-nuki kotoba [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|ら-ぬき ことば}} 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) Tags: Japanese Synonyms: ら抜き (ranuki) (ruby: ())
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    },
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      ],
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    }
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}

Download raw JSONL data for ら抜き言葉 meaning in Japanese (1.6kB)

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