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不定

Readings

Kana: ふじょう、ふてい
Romaji: fujō, futei
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

uncertainty; insecurity; inconstancy; indefinite; undecided

Kanji

Readings: フ、 ブ
Meanings: negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy
Readings: テイ、 ジョウ、 さだ.める、 さだ.まる、 さだ.か
Meanings: determine, fix, establish, decide

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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needlesstosayは不定(ふてい)(ことば)慣用(かんよう)表現(ひょうげん)として紹介(しょうかい)されることが(おお)いです。
➥'needless to say' is often introduced as an idiomatic expression in the 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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(つぎ)動詞(どうし)はto不定(ふてい)(ことば)だけを目的語(もくてきご)にとります。
➥The following verbs only take the to-infinitive as their object.
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不定(ふてい)(ことば)形容詞的(けいようしてき)用法(ようほう)には2種類(しゅるい)あり、①限定(げんてい)用法(ようほう)、②叙述(じょじゅつ)用法(ようほう)。②はもちろん主格(しゅかく)補語(ほご)です。
➥There are two ways of using the infinitive as an adjective, 1. attributive, 2. predicative. Naturally 2. is a subject complement.
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