もたらす (motarasu)
もたらす is a Japanese verb meaning “to bring (news, knowledge, etc.); to introduce”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- もたらす
- Romaji
- motarasu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to bring (news, knowledge, etc.); to introduce · godan verb, transitive · usually written in kana
- to bring about; to cause; to produce (e.g. results) · godan verb, transitive · usually written in kana
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of もたらす
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | もたらす | もたらす motarasu |
| Polite (~masu) | もたらします | もたらします motarashimasu |
| Negative | もたらさない | もたらさない motarasanai |
| Polite negative | もたらしません | もたらしません motarashimasen |
| Past | もたらした | もたらした motarashita |
| Polite past | もたらしました | もたらしました motarashimashita |
| Negative past | もたらさなかった | もたらさなかった motarasanakatta |
| Te-form | もたらして | もたらして motarashite |
| Potential | もたらせる | もたらせる motaraseru |
| Passive | もたらされる | もたらされる motarasareru |
| Causative | もたらさせる | もたらさせる motarasaseru |
| Volitional | もたらそう | もたらそう motarasou |
| Imperative | もたらせ | もたらせ motarase |
| Conditional (~ba) | もたらせば | もたらせば motaraseba |
Source: JMdict entry 1573190 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.