~っぱなし
〜ppanashi
Formation
Verb-ますstem + っぱなし
Indicate a state where an action is left as is (unchanged or unfinished).
When to use
ます stem + っぱなし: left that way, carelessly not undone (開けっぱなし).
Explanation
The ~っぱなし grammar point is used to express that an action happened and was left in that state, unattended or unchanged. It is formed by taking the ます-stem of a verb and adding ~っぱなし.
Example sentences
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If you leave the window open, bugs will come in.
Mado o akeppanashi ni suru to, mushi ga haitte kuru.
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I left the laundry hanging out, and it got wet in the rain.
Sentakumono o hoshippanashi de, ame ni nureta.
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He went out leaving the door open.
Kare wa doa o akeppanashi ni shite dekaketa.
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I fell asleep with the TV left on.
Terebi o tsukeppanashi ni shite nete shimatta.
Left As It Is (As Is / Left Undone)
Corpus examples (32)
鳥が自分の雛に餌をやったり守ったりするのとは違って、魚は卵を産みっぱなしにする。
Unlike birds, which feed and shelter their young, fish abandon their eggs.
彼女がその赤ちゃんを見つけたとき、赤ちゃんはもう1時間も泣きっぱなしだった。
The baby had been crying for an hour when she found it.
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The door remained closed all day.
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Don't leave the bicycle out in the rain.
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Tom always leaves his bicycle dirty.
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Tom always leaves dirty dishes in the sink.
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Tom always leaves dirty dishes in the sink.
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He left his books all around the house.
もしかして鍋を火にかけっぱなしではないかと、家に戻るまで気が気じゃなかった。
I was unable to ease my worries that I might have left something in the pan until I finally arrived home.
誰かがこのテーブルに火が付いたままのタバコをおきっぱなしにしました。
Someone left a burning cigarette on the table.
昨日洗濯物を外に干しっぱなしにしたら、朝にはカチンカチンに凍っていた。
I hung the laundry out to dry last night and by morning it had frozen hard as a rock.
ネギをベランダに起きっぱなしにしていたら、カスカスになった。
I left some scallions out on the veranda for too long and they dried out.
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Don't leave your baby crying.
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The baby has been crying for almost ten minutes.
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It's a problem that the tap keeps leaking.
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Don't leave the bathroom in such a mess.
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My brother leaves his room in a mess.
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Her hands are never still.
もしかして、食卓の上に置きっぱなし?冷蔵庫に入れておかないと、腐っちゃうよ。
Hey, has this been sitting out on the dinner table all day? It has to go in the refrigerator or it'll go bad.
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He has the water running in the bathtub.
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He left the water running.
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He must have left the water running.
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Someone must have left the water running.
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Someone left the water running.
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Don't leave the water running.