Grammar a Day - Level 1 [ 〜っぱなし (ppanashi) ]

〜っぱなし (ppanashi) - Keep ~ing / To leave ~

--- Notes ---
Verb(ます形) + っぱなし

--- Examples ---
新幹線の中では、東京から青森まで３時間立ちっぱなしだった。足が痛くなっちゃった！
On the shinkansen from Toukyou to Aomori I kept standing up for 3 hours. My
feet hurt!

ここに置きっぱなしにしちゃダメでしょ。
Hey, you can't leave your things here.

ゴミを散らかしっぱなしにしないでね。
Don't drop your rubbish about, ok.

友達のビデオが借りっぱなしだ。早く返さなくちゃ。
I borrowed my friends video and didn't return it. I'd better return it
soon.

--- Comments ---
This is a rare case of 一級 grammar that I hear in every day
conversation. I learnt this when I was still a beginner. I think it has a
similar meaning to '〜たまま'. (contributor: blabby)

It is a colloqual form of 放し, meaning doing something and leave it at
that.It has a lot more emphasis than ...たままにする. (contributor:
bamboo4)

How can I know how must I read the kanji, if in on yomi or kunyomi.
For example: in n° 5446 is:
koko ni 'TE' ki ppanachi
or
koko ni 'OKU' ki ppanachi?
It is very difficult for people who don´t know japanese very well.
(contributor: Futaro)

It's not that difficult.
The fact that there's a hiragana 'ki' after it tells you that it should be
'oki'. This has nothing to do with this grammar though... (contributor:
kryptolus)

It's common practice that in compounds you'll be using onyomi.
(contributor: Cacawate)

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