もたらす

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もたらす · godan verb (-su)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	もたらす	もたらさない
Polite	もたらします	もたらしません
Past polite	もたらしました	もたらしませんでした
Past	もたらした	もたらさなかった
Te-form	もたらして	もたらさないで
Desire	もたらしたい	もたらしたくない
Potential	もたらせる	もたらせない
Passive	もたらされる	もたらされない
Causative	もたらさせる	もたらさせない
Causative passive	もたらさせられる	もたらさせられない
Volitional	もたらそう
Polite volitional	もたらしましょう
Imperative	もたらせ	もたらすな
Conditional	もたらせば	もたらさなければ
Tara conditional	もたらしたら	もたらさなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

bring; introduce

usually written using kana alone

Used for bringing or introducing non-physical things such as news, knowledge, culture, technology, or influence. More written or formal-sounding than everyday 持ってくる.

彼かれは新あたらしい技ぎ術じゅつを日本にほんにもたらした。
He introduced new technology to Japan.
その発はっ見けんは医い学がくに大おおきな進しん歩ぽをもたらした。
That discovery brought great progress to medicine.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

bring about; cause; produce results

usually written using kana alone

Used when an event, action, policy, or condition causes a result or effect, whether good or bad. Common in news, analysis, and explanatory writing.

長なが雨あめが各かく地ちに洪こう水ずいをもたらした。
The long rains caused floods in many areas.
この政せい策さくは予よ想そう以い上じょうの成せい果かをもたらした。
This policy produced better results than expected.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉が〈人ひと〉に影えい響きょうをもたらすfor something to have an effect/impact on someone or something
その発はっ見けんは科か学がく界かいに大おおきな影えい響きょうをもたらした。
The discovery had a major impact on the scientific community.
〈事こと〉が変へん化かをもたらすfor something to bring about a change
新あたらしい技ぎ術じゅつは社しゃ会かいに大おおきな変へん化かをもたらした。
The new technology brought about major changes in society.
〈事こと〉が利り益えきをもたらすfor something to bring (financial) benefit or profit
その契けい約やくは会かい社しゃに大おおきな利り益えきをもたらした。
The contract brought the company great profit.
〈物もの・事こと〉を〈場ば所しょ〉にもたらすto bring/introduce something (technology, culture, etc.) into a place
この技ぎ術じゅつは海かい外がいから日本にほんにもたらされた。
This technology was introduced to Japan from overseas.

Kanji

齎bring, take, bring about

Related words· 6

持もってくるN5sense 1
持ってくる is the everyday verb for physically bringing an object, while もたらす is a more formal word used mainly for abstract things like news, culture, or results.
及およぼすN3sense 2
及ぼす focuses on exerting an influence or effect on something (often 影響を及ぼす), while もたらす more broadly covers bringing about any result, good or bad.
引ひき起おこすN1sense 2
引き起こす usually means to trigger a problem or negative event, whereas もたらす can describe positive, negative, or neutral outcomes.
招まねくN3sense 2
招く often implies inviting or bringing about an unwanted or negative consequence (誤解を招く), while もたらす is neutral as to whether the result is good or bad.

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産うむN2sense 2
生む frames the result as something generated or given birth to internally, while もたらす suggests an outside factor brings about the effect.
生しょうずるN2
もたらす means to bring about a result, overlapping with the transitive (cause) sense of 生ずる, but もたらす is used more broadly in everyday and business Japanese while 生ずる is stiffer and literary.

Written forms

もたらすUsage99%
Usual modern spelling; usually written in kana.
齎もたらすUsage1%
rarely-used kanji form
Attested kanji spelling, but This kanji form is rarely used.
齎もたらすUsage<1%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form; not recommended for ordinary writing.

Etymology

The historical derivation is uncertain. The rare kanji spelling 齎す is conventionally associated with bringing or causing something, but the word is normally written in kana.