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られる（受身） details

Examples

plain passive — the subject undergoes the action; the doer takes に (or によって in writing)

この寺てらは六百年前ろっぴゃくねんまえに建たてられた。

kono tera wa roppyakunenmae ni taterareta.

This temple was built six hundred years ago. neutral

試験しけんの結果けっかは来週らいしゅう、公式こうしきサイトで発表はっぴょうされます。

shiken no kekka wa raishuu, koushiki saito de happyou saremasu.

The exam results will be announced on the official site next week. formal

adversative passive — the subject is inconvenienced by someone else's act; intransitive verbs allowed

帰かえりに雨あめに降ふられて、びしょ濡ぬれだよ。

kaeri ni ame ni furarete, bishonure da yo.

I got rained on coming home — I'm soaked. casual

電車でんしゃで隣となりの人ひとに足あしを踏ふまれた。

densha de tonari no hito ni ashi o fumareta.

The person next to me on the train stepped on my foot. neutral

Formation

Notes

The same form doubles as a light honorific — 部長はもう帰られました is respect, not passive; only context separates them. The adversative use takes intransitives (雨に降られる), which no English passive can mirror.

Related patterns

Similar

  • てもらう

    Both recast an event from the affected person's seat — てもらう frames it as a favor the subject arranged or welcomed (直してもらった, I got it fixed), the passive as something merely undergone (勝手に直された, it was altered on me); the choice signals gratitude versus detachment or grievance.

Lookalikes

  • られる（可能）

    For G2 verbs the two are one homograph — 食べられる is "can eat" or "is eaten", and only particles and context decide (刺身が食べられる ability, 猫に刺身を食べられた suffered loss); G1 keeps them apart — 読める can, 読まれる passive.