ら Japanese Grammar Basic

Browse 3 Japanese Grammar Basic entries for Japanese under ら.

Kana ら

  1. ～られる (passive) られる Indicates the passive voice, where the subject is affected by an action performed by someone or something else. The agent of the action i...
  2. ～られる (potential) られる Expresses ability or possibility, indicating that someone can do something or that something is possible. It is the potential form of Gro...
  3. ～らしい (conjecture) らしい An auxiliary adjective indicating the speaker's conjecture based on evidence or information they have gathered. It expresses that somethi...