Learning objectives
- Lesson goals: Learn the passive form for receiving actions and expressing inconvenience or victimhood.
- Form and connection: [Verb受身形]
- Nuance in real use: Japanese passive has a unique "suffering" usage — you can express that something inconvenienced you, even if the agent isn't human. 雨に降られた isn't just "it rained" but "I got rained on" — narration with emotional weight.
Form and connection
Core Explanation
Learn the passive form for receiving actions and expressing inconvenience or victimhood.
Cultural Note
Practical examples
Common pitfalls
Build the base form before adding the pattern
Complete the required conjugation first. Do not keep polite and plain endings at the same time.
Match politeness to the situation
The examples are reliable starting points; relationships and context can still change the most natural wording.
Practice and answers
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I was praised by the teacher.Show answer
隣となりの人ひとに足あしを踏ふまれました。 ([Verb受身形])Continue learning
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