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Introduction.

Causative Form.

Omoshiroi hon wo yonde kikaseru (or kikasete oru).
He is reading to others an interesting book.
Watakushi ni mo dōzo kikasete kudasare.
Please let me also hear it.
Ano hito ni kikaseru to jiki ni shaberu kara kikaseru na.
Don't let him know, for he will tell it as soon as he hears it.
Watakushi kono koto wa izen hito ni kikaserareta oboe ga arimasu.
I remember to have been told of this before by others.
Ano hito no tame ni Tōkyō ye yukasareta.
Was sent (caused to go) to Tokyo on account of that man.
Ano hito no uma wo watakushi ga hikaserareta.
I was ordered to lead that person's horse.
Ano hito no yomu beki hon wo watakushi ga kawari ni yomaserareru.
The book that he ought to read I have to read in his stead.
Inu ni hito wo kamasete warui.
Don't let the dog bite the man.
Uma ni kutsuwa wo kamaseru.
To put the bit in a horse's mouth.

Potential or Passive.

Hito ni kikareta toki ni komaranai yō ni yoku koto wo shirabete oku ga ii.
It is better to investigate the matter well (beforehand, oku), in order that I may not be troubled when I am inquired of by others.
Kumo ga harete Fuji san ga mirareru.
The clouds having cleared away Mount Fuji can be seen.
Kami sama ni minarenu mono wa nashi.
There is nothing that God cannot see.
Kurai ni agerareta.
He has been promoted in rank.
Omoi ishi ga takai yama ni agerareta.
A heavy stone has been carried up a high mountain.
Kyaku ga gochiso ni yobarete mo mairimasenu.
The guest was invited to the feast but did not go.

Adverbs.

These may be divided, according to their formation, into adverbs proper, as: nomi, bakari, sae, ito, hanahada, mottomo, kitto, itsu, doko, .

Adverbs formed from nouns by the post-position ni and de, as: makoto ni, jitsu ni, hon ni, shizuka ni, ato de, shimai ni, owari ni; or by reduplication, as: nichi-nichi, hi-bi, toki-doki, tabi-tabi, toshi-doshi, nen-nen.

Those formed from adjectives by changing the final ki into ku, as: tsuyoku, atsuku, omoku, amaku.