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Receiving an overtaking with 〜れる

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Chino watches as her “grandpa” bread as it bakes alongside Cocoa’s and Chiya’s breads.

チノ:
「おじいちゃんがココアさんと千夜(ちや)さんに()かされました!」
“Grandpa got passed by Cocoa-san and Chiya-san!”
Literal: “Grandpa received being passed by Cocoa-san and Chiya-san!”

()かす’s negative stem is ()かさ. Append れる for ()かされる.

Key Points

  • さん is an honorific suffix attached to a person’s name to show respect and social distance, roughly equivalent to “Mr.”, “Ms.”, or “Mrs.” in English, though it’s used far more broadly and doesn’t specify gender or marital status.
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