Today I am going to share the Q&A quoted from my JLPT N3 course!

 

[Question]

先生、
「冷蔵庫の食べ物が全て腐りっぱなし。(All the food in the fridge has gone bad.)」
これはいいですか。

*Hiragana; れいぞうこのたべものがすべてくさりっぱなし

 

 

[My Reply]

〜っぱなし
＝ずっと同じ状態(じょうたい situation, state)

腐(くさ)る go bad. go off
＝ずっと同じ状態じゃありません、どんどん悪くなります。

だから「〜っぱなし」は使いません。
×腐りっぱなし

OKの例）
・食べ物を冷蔵庫から出(だ)しっぱなしにしたので、腐ってしまった。
I left food out of the fridge for so long that it went bad.

「出した」あとの状態
＝出しっぱなし

 

〜っぱなし
＝means the situation continues

腐(くさ)る go bad. go off
＝It doesn’t stay the same(situation, state) forever. It gets worse and worse.

So, we can’t use「〜っぱなし」.
×腐りっぱなし

Examples of a natural sentence;
・食べ物を冷蔵庫から出しっぱなしにしたので、腐ってしまった。
I left food out of the fridge for so long that it went bad.

The situation continues「出した(you took it out of the fridge)」
＝出しっぱなし

 

I hope my answer helps you. 😊

 

 

In the JLPT course, you can ask me any questions as much as you want.
I will teach you until you get it!

 

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