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タリ活用 (たりかつよう, tarikatsuyou) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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よう
動どう
詞し
の
一いっ
種しゅ
と
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タリ
活かつ
用よう
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を
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In classical Japanese grammar, we study 'tari conjugation' as a type of adjectival noun.
'Doudou-tari' is an example of tari conjugation, corresponding to modern 'doudou-taru'.
Kanji 活 lively, resuscitation, being helped 用 utilize, business, service Related words ナリ 活かつ 用よう Another classical adjectival noun conjugation ending in ～なり; contrasts with タリ活用 in form and historical usage.
形けい 容よう 動どう 詞し The broader word class (adjectival noun) to which タリ活用 belongs; タリ活用 is a specific historical inflection pattern.
Written forms タリ 活かつ 用よう
Standard term in Japanese grammar; often written with katakana タリ to highlight the inflectional ending.
たり 活かつ 用よう
Hiragana variant; less common in grammar texts but still used.
Etymology The term タリ活用 refers to the inflection pattern of classical adjectival nouns that use the ending ～たり, derived from the contraction of the particle と and the classical existential verb あり (modern ある). The name itself is a modern grammatical label.
