# Combination actions Those rules combine a verb and an adjective to make a new meaning.

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## Difficulty ### ~やすい: easy Means: * easy to do * likely to happen * has a tendency of > [!info] Example > 見==やすい==。 > Easy to see. > > {泣|な}き==やすい==。 > Prone to crying. ### ~にくい・~づらい: difficult Means that something is difficult to do. While にくい is the broader form, づらい is used in a more subjective manner, for actions that are intentional. > [!info] Example > 見==にくい==。 > Difficult to see. ### ~がたい: very difficult ~がたい means that something is very difficult to do. It is more extreme than ~にくい. > [!info] Example > それは{信|しん}じ==がたい==な。 > That's hard to believe... ## ~始める ~{始|はじ}める means that something starts or has started. Expresses intentionality. > [!info] Example > {飲|の}み==始める==。 > To start to drink. ## ~出す ~{出|だ}す means that something suddenly started. Has the nuance of being unintentional, or cannot be avoided. > [!info] Example > 雨が降り==出した==。 > It suddenly started raining. ## ~続く ~{続|つづ}く means that something continues. > [!info] Example > {飲|の}み==続ける==。 > To continue to drink. ## ~終わる ~{終|お}わる means that something ends. > [!info] Example > {飲|の}み==終わります==。 > To stop to drink. ## ~上げる This can be used both as: * {上|あ}げる means "finish doing" (transitive) * {上|あ}がる means "was finished" (intransitive) > [!info] Example > {全部|ぜんぶ}の{夏休|なつ|や}みの{宿題|しゅくだい}を出来==上げった==。 > I have finished all my summer homework. ## ~合う ~{合|あ}う means that the action is done with someone else. > [!info] Example > {妹|いもうと}と{家|いえ}へ{帰|かえ}り==会った==。 > I went home with my sister. ## ~切る・~切れる・~切れない ~{切|き}る means "to do completely" and ~切れる means "able to do completely". The negative form ~切れない means "unable to do", "too much to complete". It focuses on the end of the action rather than the process. > [!info] Example > 父はすべての{部屋|へや}を{掃除|そうじ}し==切った==。 > My father finished cleaning all the rooms. > > 彼は{納豆|なっとう}を食べ==切れなかった==。 > He could not finish all his natto. ## ~通す ~{通|とお}す means "to do something until the end", "continually" or "through". It focuses on the process of the action, rather than its ending. > [!info] Example > マラソンの{全部|ぜんぶ}を{走|はし}り==通した==。 > He ran through the whole marathon. ## ~込む 🛠 ~{込|こ}む has > [!info] Example > to do something for a long time or to move something inside https://jlptsensei.com/learn-japanese-grammar/%e8%be%bc%e3%82%80-%e3%81%93%e3%82%80-komu-meaning/ https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/komu-compound-verbs/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=31xnxSFUCiw https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnJapanese/comments/12b4dtj/%E8%BE%BC%E3%82%80_n3_grammar_what_even_is_this/ ## ~直す ~{直|なお}す means to do something again. > [!info] Example > {今年|ことし}をやり==直す==てほしい。 > I want this year to start over. ## ~っぱなし ~っぱなし means leaving something as it is. > [!info] Example > この13時間{飛行|ひこう}で{座|すわ}り==っぱなし==でした。 > I sat the entire time on this 13 hours flight.