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能動態 (noudoutai) Japanese meaning: active voice | Kotomora

能のう動どう態たい

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Meanings

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active voice

Grammatical term contrasting with 受動態 (passive voice). Used in linguistics and language study.

See also: 受動態

英えい語ごの能のう動どう態たいの文ぶんを受じゅ

動どう

態たい

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習しゅう

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We practiced rewriting English active-voice sentences into the passive voice.

Kanji

能ability, talent, skill
動move, motion, change
態attitude, condition, figure

Related words

受じゅ動どう態たい
Opposite grammatical voice: 受動態 is the passive voice, while 能動態 is the active voice.

Opposites

受うけ身みN1
能動態 is the active voice in grammar, the direct opposite of 受け身 (受動態) as the passive voice.

Built from

能のう+動どう態たい

Etymology

Compound of 能動 (active, from 能 'ability' and 動 'move') and 態 (voice, grammatical form). A modern linguistic term.