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We found 5 grammar points, 36 words, and 14 examples matching 'passive'
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verb passive form verb passive form
 
is done
verb passive causative (させられる) form verb passive causative (させられる) form
 
is made to happen
ら抜き言葉（ranuki kotoba) ら抜き言葉（ranuki kotoba)
 
key verb conjugations key verb conjugations
 
using passive form as honorific using passive form as honorific
 
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し ょ う き ょ く て き 0
negative; half-hearted; passive; unmotivated; pessimistic
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auxiliary verb, ichidan verb
1. indicates passive voice (incl. the "suffering passive")  (see also: 未然形, 迷惑の受身; れる for 五段 verbs, られる for 一段. Follows the imperfective form of (v5) and (vs) verbs)
2. indicates the potential form  (see also: ら抜き言葉; no imperative form. Infrequently used in modern Japanese, e.g. 歩ける is favoured over 歩かれる)
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じ ゅ ど う 0
passive
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noun
passive house (ultra-low energy building standard)
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う け み 0 う け み 3 う け み 2
1. the defensive
2. passive attitude; passivity; passiveness
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かれ
彼
は
しょうきょくてき
消極的
な
せいかく
性格
だ。
He has a passive character.
かれ
彼
は
なに
何
をするにも
しょうきょくてき
消極的
だ。
He is passive in everything.
しょうきょくてき
消極的
なその
おとこ
男
はめったに
じこ
自己
ひょうげん
表現
しない。
The passive man seldom, if ever, expresses himself.
こうしき
公式
もんだいしゅう
問題集
には"
う
受
け
み
身
の
げんざい
現在
しんこう
進行
がた
形
"と
せつめい
説明
されています。
In the official question collection it is explained as being "passive voice of the present continuous tense".
かんさつ
観察
は
しょうきょくてき
消極的
な
かがく
科学
であり、
じっけん
実験
は
せっきょくてき
積極的
な
かがく
科学
である。
Observation is a passive science, experimentation an active science.
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