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• passive voice, passive
• 受動態, 受身形
• the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb; "`The ball was thrown by the boy' uses the passive voice"; "`The ball was thrown' is an abbreviated passive"
• 動詞の主語が、その動詞が示す動作を（起こす側ではなく）受ける側であるときに使われる態