selftaughtjapanese.com/2015/02/27/%e9%a3%9f%e3%81%b9%e3%82%89%e3%82%8c%e3%82%8b-taberareru-vs-%e9%a3%9f%e3%81%b9%e3%82%8c%e3%82%8b-tabereru%ef%bc%9f-the-phenomenon-of-%e3%82%89%e6%8a%9c%e3%81%8d-ra-nuki-in-japanese/
Blog post examining the ら抜き (ra-nuki) phenomenon in Japanese, where younger speakers omit the ら from the potential form of ru/iru verbs.
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