Japanese

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	One of the new words you will learn in this lesson is <strong><ruby>要iる</ruby></strong>, which means <strong>to have; to want</strong>.
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	Note how the particle <strong>が</strong> is used to mark what would be the object in English.
	This is like saying <strong>a spoon, a fork and a knife are needed</strong>.
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	The same pattern applies to the verbs <strong>can see</strong> and <strong>can hear</strong>.
	What would be the direct objects in English, are marked by the particle <strong>が</strong> in Japanese.
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	Just like <strong><ruby>見mi</ruby>える</strong> and <strong><ruby>聞ki</ruby>こえる</strong>,
	the verb <strong><ruby>分wa</ruby>かる</strong> is used with the <strong>が</strong> particle.
	Note that these word share the fact that the actual subject (the seer, the hearer, the understander), is passive,
	unlike in verbs such as <strong><ruby>見mi</ruby>る</strong> and <strong><ruby>聞ki</ruby>こえる</strong>, where the subject is active.
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が as an object marker

hiragana character

kanji

adnominal

adverb

auxiliary

conjunction

compound

i-adjective

interjection

noun

na-adjective

numeral

particle

case particle

conjunctive particle

discourse particle

prefix

pronoun

suffix

verb

sentence

hiragana writing

kanji writing

kanji component

reading vocabulary

katakana writing

katakana character

godan - group 1

itidan - group 2

group 3

transitive

intransitive

proper noun

discourse

phrase

expression

Word	要いる iru
Meaning	to need; to want
Part of speech	verb, godan - group 1
Pronunciation

Japanese

iru

Breakdown of iru

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Usages of iru

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