Be useful, be helpful in Japanese 🇯🇵

やく に たつ info.

Tips to remember the Japanese word:
– You can break it down into "やく" (yaku) meaning "use" or "service", and "たつ" (tatsu) meaning "to stand". Combined, it forms the phrase "やくにたつ" (yaku ni tatsu), which can be visualized as "standing in use", or being useful.

Explanations:
– "やくにたつ" directly translates to "to be useful" or "to be helpful".
– It is often used to describe something or someone that serves a purpose or provides assistance.

Other words that mean the same thing:
– 利用できる (りようできる, riyou dekiru) – can be used
– 助かる (たすかる, taru) – to be saved or helped
– 有用 (ゆうよう, yuuyou) – useful, helpful

Conjugations of the phrase "やくにたつ":
– Present: やくにたつ (yaku ni tatsu) – is useful
– Past: やくにたった (yaku ni tatta) – was useful
– Negative: やくにたたない (yaku ni tatanai) – is not useful
– Past Negative: やくにたたなかった (yaku ni tatanakatta) – was not useful
– Potential: やくにたてる (yaku ni tateru) – can be useful

Examples of sentences that use it:
1. この本はとてもやくにたつ。
Kono hon wa totemo yaku ni tatsu.
This book is very useful.

2. 彼のアドバイスはやくにたった。
Kare no adobaisu wa yaku ni tatta.
His advice was helpful.

3. 新しいプログラムがやくにたつかどうか分からない。
Atarashii puroguramu ga yaku ni tatsu ka dou ka wakaranai.
I don't know if the new program will be useful.

4. この道具はやくにたたない。
Kono dougu wa yaku ni tatanai.
This tool is not useful.

5. あの情報はやくにたたなかった。
Ano jouhou wa yaku ni tatanakatta.
That information was not useful.

6. もっと練習すればやくにたてるようになるよ。
Motto renshuu sureba yaku ni tateru you ni naru yo.
If you practice more, you will become more useful.

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