的 - Grammar Discussion

English translation:
~ly・~like・~al・typical

Structure
Noun + + Verb
Noun + ・な + Noun

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I think this might be a bug in the answer, but want to check here first:

時期__雨が降りやすい。

The hint & answer are “tie it to the verb” with Noun + + Verb, but doesn’t 時期 describe the 雨 (and so Noun + ・な + Noun)?

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If you look at the translation it’s not modifying rain.

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Ah, I see now - it is describing the likelihood of “falling”

Thank you!

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The structure section, along with the paragraph below, seem to strongly imply these are the only two possible ways to use it.

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But even in the examples there are other cases (i.e. adverb modifying adjective, without any connecting glue):

It might be nice to add some more detail to the lesson.

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