Da-dearu style

The da-dearu style ( Japanese だ ・ で あ る 体 , da-dearu-tai ) or de-aru style for short is a form of the predicate style ( 文体 , buntai ) in the Japanese language . The counterpart is the desu-masu style .

The style takes its name from the copula de aru , which is used in this style, for example in the title of Natsume Sōseki's novel Wagahai wa Neko de aru . In the spoken language, de aru is contracted to da in the short form .

The de aru style is used when no particular polite phrases are necessary. This is on the one hand close family and friends, on the other hand written texts such as newspaper articles, scientific texts and novels. In English it is therefore also referred to as plain style . Verbs and adjectives are used in their basic form, i.e. the Shūshikei .