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Subject: more patterns
From: Russell
Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 16:08:11 GMT
References: 1, 2, 3

> kaeru vs kaesu
> tomaru vs tomeru

There are quite a few more patterns, like (to pull from a textbook):

aku / akeru, tatu / tateru
yoru / yoseru, noru / noseru
deru / dasu
fueru / fuyasu, hieru / hiyasu
okiru / okosu, oriru / orosu
tooru / toosu
arawareru / arawasu, taoreru / taosu
ureru / uru, kireru / kiru
yakeru / yaku


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