Structure
Verb[ます]+ っぱなし
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About っぱなし
- また電気点けっぱなしじゃん!何回言えば消してくれるの?You left the light on again! How many times do I have to tell you to turn it off?
- 冷蔵庫を開けっ放しにしないで下さい。Please don't leave the refrigerator open.
- 歯を磨いている間、水を出しっぱなしにしていたら、お母さんに怒られた。Because I left the water on while I was brushing my teeth, my mother scolded me.
- 勝ちっぱなしだとつまらないね、たまには負けを味わいたい。Don't you think it is boring to keep winning? I want to taste defeat sometimes. (I want to lose sometimes)
- 秋の間は窓を開けっぱなしにして寝ています。During autumn, I sleep with the windows left open.
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Examples
誰かがそのドアを開けっぱなしにした。
Someone left the door open.
ライトをつけっぱなしにしないで。
Don't leave the light on.
渋滞のせいで、10分間止まりっぱなしだった。
Because of the traffic, I was at a standstill for ten minutes.
電話が鳴りっぱなしだけど…大丈夫?
Your phone keeps ringing... Is that not a problem?
3時間も立ちっぱなしで、足が棒になってしまいました。
I kept standing for 3 hours, now my legs feel as heavy as lead.
足が棒になる means 'to have one's legs get stiff'.
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「っぱなし」「まま」
日本語の森
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Tae Kim's Japanese Grammar Guide
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っぱなし – Grammar Discussion
Most Recent Replies (6 in total)
matt_in_mito
About 3 years ago
Yeah this comes up in conversation all the time, and I’ve found it doesn’t always carry the negative nuance either, although grammatically speaking it does so it’s probably better to remember it that way as a language learner.
cineebon
About 1 year ago
The nihongo no mori video has been made private. Does anyone have another link to it?
Daru
About 1 year ago
They delisted the video because they’ve updated it.
I added the new one to the resources, thank you for pointing that out!
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