ら抜き言葉 (ra-dropped potential)

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The colloquial phenomenon of dropping the ら in potential forms of ichidan verbs and 来る — 食べれる for 食べられる, 見れる for 見られる, 来れる for 来られる. Known as ら抜き言葉 ('ra-dropped words'). Common in spoken Japanese and informal writing; prescriptivists criticize it as non-standard, but it is now widespread.

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