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Receiving a held image with 〜れる

Grammar Explanation: Receptive verbs with 〜れる

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Syaro returns home after seeing Rize at the store.

シャロ:
「リゼ先輩(せんぱい)に余計(よけい)なイメージもたれた…」
“A wrong impression of me has become held by Rize-senpai...”
Literal: “An unnecessary image of me was received as held by Rize-senpai...”
「あと頭(あたま)にへんな生物(せいぶつ)が…」
“And there was a strange creature on her head...”
千夜(ちや):
「ココアちゃん達(たち)に会(あ)ったのね！」
“So you met Cocoa and the others!”

Key Points

1イメージもたれた means Rize formed an impression
  • The literal image of something “being held” becomes “Rize has an impression of me” in this context.
2リゼ先輩(せんぱい)に marks the person holding the impression
  • In the receptive sentence, Syaro receives the unwanted judgment and Rize is the person who forms it.
3持(も)つ becomes 持(も)たれる
  • The godan verb uses 持(も)た plus れる. The line uses the past form もたれた because Syaro believes the impression has already formed.
4あと…生物(せいぶつ)が leaves the thought unfinished
  • The final が marks the strange creature as the subject, but Syaro trails off before stating what it was doing on Cocoa’s head.
5会(あ)ったのね marks a realization
  • Chiya uses explanatory の and final ね as she works out that Syaro met Cocoa and the others.

Vocabulary

(Senior)

先輩(せんぱい) is a senior member of the same school, workplace, or group, usually someone who joined earlier or has more experience.

(Excessive)

余計(よけい) means excessive, unnecessary, or more than needed.

(Head)

頭(あたま) means the head of the body. It can also mean the top or beginning of something.

(To meet)

会(あ)う means to meet or see someone in person.

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