WORD DETAIL
訳す
やくす
Examples
Included kanji
Study notes
1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning
- Structure:
訳す(やくす) is a transitive verb for transferring content into another language.訳したis completed past;訳すのはtopicalizes the action from dictionary form. - Basic usage:
日本語から韓国語に訳したstates source and target languages;自然な表現に訳すspecifies the form of the translated result.
2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions
- Source and target language versus form of the result
- The content takes
を, the target language or expression takesに, and the source language takesから. Do not confuse the verb訳すwith the noun訳meaning reason.
- The content takes

