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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, dō.
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.