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Passive
1. Be A-ed (Passive tense), when the action is directed at the subject.
When included, the agent of the action is marked with に
この              
This car was made ten years ago.
2. A is done, A happens
The action is not usually directed at the subject, but has a negative/undesirable connotation.
                 
While I was playing outside it started to rain!
3. A does B
The passive form can be used as an honorific form, so A would be someone above the speaker (boss, customer, etc.)
          
He drove.
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What does うけみ (a unique furigana reading) at the top left of the page mean?
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fareastfurfaro
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うけみ is passive voice in Japanese. The unique furigana reading just means that it's not a normal reading for these kanji. If I had no idea, I would have guessed じゅしん or something for this combination. Or is that not what you were asking?
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Thanks for your answer, but that's not exactly what I was asking.
Maybe it's just me, but I don't see any kanji right there. うけみ is just floating in the air somewhere around (Passive).
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fareastfurfaro
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Oh, I can see the kanji. Michael!
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Michael seems to be away...
I think I've somehow managed to find it through the grammar library page. It's , right?
What browser do you use? Seems like only my Chrome doesn't display the kanji...
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fareastfurfaro
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I'm using Chrome actually, strange. And yeah, that's the correct kanji.
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マイコー
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Can you get a screenshot for me?
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Yep, here you are:
http://screencast.com/t/TrXQvbMh8Y
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マイコー
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You're not on Chrome/Windows by chance, are you?
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Yes I am, how do you know? Chrome and Windows 7.
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マイコー
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Chrome and Windows have...issues with certain Japanese text. It's a browser (and not site) bug, unfortunately. Let's see if this is the case - can you try on another browser on the same system?
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fareastfurfaro
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Interesting. I'm on Chrome and Windows 7 and I have no problem. えりこ, is your browser in English mode or is it set to Japanese (mine is)?
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Tried on Firefox and IE 8, and no problem. Seems like it's really a browser bug.

My browser was originally in English mode. But even after changing it to Japanese mode, I still can't see any kanji: http://img690.imageshack.us/i/unbenanntwkv.jpg/
fareastfurfaro, do you use Chrome's version 10 (as I do)?
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Geckomayhem
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I have the same bug: Chrome and Windows 7 and there is no kanji there, next to Passive. Strange.
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Firefox 17.0: [IMG]http://i47.tinypic.com/2n0muzr.png[/IMG]
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マイコー
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Should be good now.
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Looks good. I suppose I'm not seeing the kanji since I haven't learned them yet on the site?
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マイコー
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Yep - it's based on your kanji study settings (same as example sentences).
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Tanooki
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Can you combine verbs in passive tense? Like べてみる Would it be べられてみる? Or would you change the miru too? Etc... Thanks!
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できるだけ
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Yes, that's grammatically fine (though I'm not sure in what situation you'd say べられてみる  ;) ). Things like われてみれば are very common, though!
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