えら
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えら is the stem of えらい — great, excellent, admirable, commendable, laudable, honorable, wonderful, outstanding, extraordinary.
- distinguished, important, high-ranking, powerful, eminent, famous
- awful, terrible, serious, tremendous, great, mighty, severe
How it’s built
Stem (語幹). The part that does not change. Adjectives and some words appear as a bare stem in compounds or exclamations.
えらい is a i-adjective, so it follows that pattern.
Name that form
Three more forms of えらい. Can you tell what each one is?
Every form of えらい
| Negative (ない形) | えらくない |
| Past (た形) | えらかった |
| Past negative (なかった) | えらくなかった |
| Te-form (て形) | えらくて |
| Adverb (副詞形) | えらく |
| Before a noun (連体形) | えらい |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | えらければ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | えらかったら |
| Become ~ (~なる) | えらくなる |
| Too ~ (~すぎる) | えらすぎる |
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In real sentences
エラーもあって、チームは逆転負けを喫した。
えらーもあって、ちーむはぎゃくてんまけをきっした。
There was also an error, and the team suffered a comeback loss.
Nihoner sentence bank
投手交代も考えられるが、まだ早いだろう。
とうしゅこうたいもかんがえられるが、まだはやいだろう。
A pitcher change is also conceivable, but it's still early.
Nihoner sentence bank
彼はエラーをした。
かれはえらーをした。
He made an error.
Nihoner sentence bank
Other forms and spellings
えらけれエラけれえらきゃえらけりゃエラきゃエラけりゃえらかろえらかろうえらかろふエラかろエラかろうエラかろふエラえエライエラえらいSave your words
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