Receiving a biting with 〜れる
Grammar Explanation: Receptive verbs with 〜れる
A day of bad luck for Cocoa culminates with Syaro telling her to stay away.
- ココア:
- 「私そんな不運オーラ出てたんだ！」
- “Was I giving off that much bad-luck energy!?”
- 千夜:
- 「小さい頃あんこによくかじられて以来ちょっと恐怖症で…」
- “Ever since she received bites by Anko a lot when she was little, she's a bit traumatized...”
- Literal: “Ever since she often received bites from Anko when she was little, she's a bit phobic...”
Key Points
1かじられて presents Syaro as the recipient of biting
- The omitted subject is Syaro, while あんこに marks Anko as the animal that bit her.
2齧る becomes 齧られる
- The godan verb uses its negative stem 齧ら plus れる. かじられて is the connective て form of that receptive verb.
3以来 links the childhood event to her present fear
- 小さい頃 places the biting in childhood, and 以来 says her fear has continued since then.
4出てたんだ expands to 出ていたのだ
- てた contracts ていた, describing the aura Cocoa had been giving off. んだ marks her surprised realization.
Vocabulary
私 (I)
私 means “I” or “me”. It is the standard first-person pronoun in polite speech and is also common in casual speech among women.
出る (To go out)
出る means to go out or leave. It is also used when something appears or is produced.
恐怖症 (Phobia)
恐怖症 means a phobia or persistent, pathological fear.
See Also
- Grammar: Receptive verbs with 〜れる
- Grammar: Reasoning with 〜のだ
- Grammar: Ongoing actions and resulting states with 〜ている
- Future entry: How casual contractions work
- Kanji: Fear and intimidation with 恐
- Kanji: Limits and basis with 以
- Kanji: Privacy and self with 私
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