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もたらす (motarasu) Japanese meaning: bring | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N2 › Freq. Frequency Top 5,000 Conjugation 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
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術じゅつ
を
日本にほん
に
もたらし
た
。
He introduced new technology to Japan.
That discovery brought great progress to medicine.
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
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
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
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
This technology was introduced to Japan from overseas.
Kanji 齎 bring, take, bring about Related words· 6 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.
Show 2 more 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.
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 Usage 99%
Usual modern spelling; usually written in kana.
齎もたら す Usage 1%
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.
