The nuisance receptive is a receptive sentence that describes a person as a receiver of an undesired action.1

Nuisance receptive sentence: Akari got her bag stolenγ€€by someone.

γ‚γ‹γ‚ŠγŒθͺ°γ‹γ«γ‹γ°γ‚“γ‚’γ¬γ™γΎγ‚ŒγŸ

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In this example, γ‚γ‹γ‚Š (Akari) is marked by the が particle making her the core subject of the sentence.

θͺ°γ‹/γ γ‚Œγ‹ (someone) is marked by に which would normally make them the target of the action, but since this is a receptive sentence, the function of the particle is reversed, and it is marking this β€œsomebody” as the source of the action being received.

かばん (bag) is marked by γ‚’, making it the object of the action being received (ぬすむ).

ぬすむ (steal) is the action being received. It is placed into the あ-stem form in order to attach the receptive helper.

γ‚Œγ‚‹ (to receive (an action)) is attached to ぬすま, meaning ぬすま (steal) is the action being received by the core subject (かばん). It is placed into the た form, placing the entire sentence into the past tense. γ‚γ‹γ‚Šβ€”a personβ€”is the one receiving this negative action, which is what makes the sentence a nuisance receptive as opposed to a normal receptive sentence. It expresses that they received a negative action.

Footnotes

  1. Japanese from Scratch (13) ↩