Explore Words Kanji Grammar Guides

Analyzing sentence…

Copyright © 2026 Kotomora. All Rights Reserved.

Get the Kotomora apps for iOS and Android.

Explore Words Kanji Grammar Guides About Support Privacy

Copyright © 2026 Kotomora. All Rights Reserved.

Analyzer

Sentence analysis

15Spans

Sentence

1000 character limit

Sentence

ザ変へん動どう詞しは、現げん代だい語ごの上かみ一いち段だん活かつ用よう動どう詞しのもとになったと言いわれています。

Span Details

ザ変へん動どう詞し

verb ending in 'zu' or 'zuru' (predecessor of modern -jiru verbs)

現げん代だい語ご

modern language; contemporary language; modern Japanese

noun

possession, attribution, nominalizer, or nominal linker

上かみ一いち段だん活かつ用よう

conjugation of ichidan verbs ending in -iru

動どう詞し

possession, attribution, nominalizer, or nominal linker

basis; base; foundation; root

direction, time, indirect object, or target marker

become; get; turn; grow

-> なるgodan verb, auxiliary

past tense or completed action

called; named; that says; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...

-> と言うexpression

passive, potential, or respect auxiliary

-> れる/られるgrammar

ongoing or resultant state

-> ているgrammar

polite non-past