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Answer by naruto for How is 役に立った ( helpful ) formed?
役に立つ is a fixed phrase that has to be learned by rote, but if I really have to analyze it...役: "service", "use"に: Here, it's a role marker rather than a destination marker. In other words, it's more...
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Your reasoning is correct. But I think that in this context the meaning of 立つ is "to stand still" rather than "to rise".に doesn't function as a particle of destination but as an adverbializer (look the...
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My guess is that the phrase is derived from the composition of the following:役 (yaku) : service, useに：particle for destination立った：perfective of 立つ (tatsu)So it's extended meaning like "rise to a...
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