助かる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
たす
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Etymology

Derived as the mediopassive or spontaneous counterpart to 助ける (tasukeru), both ultimately from older 助く (tasuku). First appears in the late 900s.[1]

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "助かる"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
助かる すか [tàsúkáꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) 助かれ すか [tàsúkáꜜrè]
Key constructions
Passive 助かられる すかられ [tàsúkáráréꜜrù]
Causative 助からせる すからせ [tàsúkáráséꜜrù]
Potential - - -
Volitional 助かろう すかろ [tàsúkáróꜜò]
Negative 助からない すからない [tàsúkáráꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 助からなかった すからなかった [tàsúkáráꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 助かります すかりま [tàsúkárímáꜜsù]
Perfective 助かった すかった [tàsúkáꜜttà]
Conjunctive 助かって すかって [tàsúkáꜜttè]
Hypothetical conditional 助かれば すかれば [tàsúkáꜜrèbà]

Verb

(たす)かる (tasukaruintransitive godan (stem (たす)かり (tasukari), past (たす)かった (tasukatta))

Japanese verb pair
active 助ける
mediopassive 助かる
  1. to be saved, be rescued, to be helped
    その兵士(へいし)増援(ぞうえん)がきたおかげで(たす)かった
    Sono heishi wa zōen ga kita okage de tasukatta.
    Thanks to the arrival of reinforcements, the soldier was saved.

Usage notes

This verb is the mediopassive or spontaneous form, with transitive or active counterpart 助ける (tasukeru). As such, this verb has no passive, causative, potential, or volitional form.

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.