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エラ

えら · era

JLPT N2 i-adjective 語幹

is the stem of エラい — great, excellent, admirable, commendable, laudable, honorable, wonderful, outstanding, extraordinary.

  • distinguished, important, high-ranking, powerful, eminent, famous
  • awful, terrible, serious, tremendous, great, mighty, severe
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How it’s built

エラい エラ

Stem (). The part that does not change. Adjectives and some words appear as a bare stem in compounds or exclamations.

エラい is a i-adjective, so it follows that pattern.

Name that form

Three more forms of . Can you tell what each one is?

Every form of

Negative エラくないえらくない
Past エラかったえらかった
Past negative エラくなかったえらくなかった
Te-form エラくてえらくて
Adverb エラくえらく
Before a noun エラいえらい
Ba-conditional エラければえらければ
Tara-conditional エラかったらえらかったら
Become ~ エラくなるえらくなる
Too ~ エラすぎるえらすぎる

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In real sentences

There was also an error, and the team suffered a comeback loss.

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A pitcher change is also conceivable, but it's still early.

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He made an error.

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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えらえらい
stem of エラい