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原形

Reading

Kana: げんけい
Romaji: genkei
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

original form; base form

Kanji

Readings: ゲン、 はら
Meanings: meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness
Readings: ケイ、 ギョウ、 かた、 -がた、 かたち、 なり
Meanings: shape, form, style

Example Sentences

toのつかない不定(ふてい)(ことば)原形(げんけい)不定(ふてい)(ことば)()う。
➥An infinitive without a 'to' attached is called a bare infinitive.
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動詞(どうし)helpはto不定(ふてい)(ことば)原形(げんけい)不定(ふてい)(ことば)両方(りょうほう)をとりますが、くだけた文体(ぶんたい)では原形(げんけい)不定(ふてい)(ことば)(おお)いとされており、この例文(れいぶん)でもそれが使(つか)われています。
➥The verb 'help' takes to-infinitives and bare infinitives but bare infinitives are said to be the most common in casual text; as also used in this example sentence.
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ギリシャ(じん)たちは幾何学(きかがく)理論的(りろんてき)原形(げんけい)(つく)った。
➥The Greeks made theoretical models of geometry.
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