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Ember08
Level: 329

I'm working my way through a children's light novel, and in the first two pages I've seen した used 3 times. No kanji (though the book omits a fair bit of kanji so I guess it could have some), no noticeable grammar structure around it, just slapped in the middle of sentences (comes before a noun twice, and then the third time is before an unidentifiable hiragana wad of "らなかなか"). What exactly does this した mean?

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9 hours ago
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More context would be nice, but I think it's most likely either した (past of する), or part of a larger grammar pattern like [something] したらなかなかkao_think.png

I guess it could be something else, but I can't tell without a longer example.

Edit: I mean したら as a conditional, e.g. したら, in case that wasn't clear. You can also just have [something omitted] したら.

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9 hours ago
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Ember08
Level: 329

I probably shoulda added more context, whoops:

1. うっそうとしたをバタバタとけていく, ひとりと

2. そうなをした [character name]。

3. [Creature name]はりだしたらなかなかまらないモンスターだ。

I get what the first two sentences are saying (aside from that weird くin けていく) aside from the strange した, whereas the third I'm thoroughly baffled on altogether, but I thought the した issue would be a good thing to start with since it seems so common. Past of する was my original guess, I just didn't see how that really fit and also thought it had to be at a sentence or clause end.

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8 hours ago
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1. うっそう とした = "dense forest", した = past of する (noun-modifying)
2. そうなをした = noun + をした, which is like をしている. をした = "boy with eyes that looked..."
3. り + だしたら, actually there's a whole entry for it 走りだしたら

PS: I'm very sleepy, so I do apologize if I mess something up. kao_sleep.png

Edit: Wait, what's wrong with けていく? Reference sense 10. of 行く
In case you don't understand とした in (1), I think it's sense 3. of とする. I'd never really thought about how to explain it. It's "a forest that is regarded/taken as dense" > "a dense forest" ("woods" might fit better for ). Also check out the usage note on うっそう.

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8 hours ago
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Ember08
Level: 329

Ohhh, thank you!! Way more stuff makes sense now (I thought that one thing was just けている conjugated with a random く. Oops!) kao_shiawase.png

I can't find anything on renshuu about をした or をしている to see exactly what they are and how they work though, unless I'm just looking in totally the wrong places. Is there somewhere I can see exactly how that stuff comes together and works?

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6 hours ago
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