フラグが立つ

Japanese
Kanji in this term
立
た
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

Literally "a flag rises", or in more idiomatic English, "a flag has been set". See English flag (“computer science: true-or-false value, either recording the fact that a certain event has occurred or requesting that a certain optional action take place”).

Pronunciation
  • Kun’yomi
    • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝɾa̠ɡɯ̟ᵝ ɡa̠ ta̠t͡sɨᵝ]

Verb

フラグが立つ (hiragana and katakana フラグがたつ, rōmaji furagu ga tatsu)

  1. (gaming) the prerequisite conditions for an event are fulfilled
    • 2007, らき☆すた, 第５話
      「夏 (なつ)で祭 (まつ)りで浴衣 (ゆかた)でしょ？これがギャルゲーだったら、フラグの一 (ひと)つくらい立 (た)つと思 (おも)うんだけど」「フラグ？」「あとイベントシーンとかね。浴衣 (ゆかた)だし、野外 (やがい)だし」「はいはい、そこまで」
      “Natsu de matsuri de yukata desho? Kore ga gyarugē dattara, furagu no hitotsu kurai tatsu to omō n da kedo” “Furagu?” “Ato ibento shīn toka ne. Yukata da shi, yagai da shi” “Hai hai, soko made”
      "It's a summer festival and we're wearing yukata, aren't we? If this was a galge, we'd have set some flag by now." "Flag?" "And gotten some event scene, too. I mean, we're outside in yukata." "Alright, that's enough."
    • 2007, cokesi (lyrics), “コンビニ”‎:
      はにかんだ顔 (かお)をして　こっちを見 (み)ているよ！？
      これはフラグが立 (た)ちそうな予 (よ)感 (かん)がしてきたよ
      Hanikanda kao o shite kotchi o miteiruyo!?
      kore wa furagu ga tachisō na yokan ga shitekita yo
      Wait, she's looking my way with a bashful face—!
      It feels like some flag is going to be set

Descendants

Conjugation
Conjugation of "フラグが立つ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) フラグが立た フラグがたた furagu ga tata
Continuative (連用形) フラグが立ち フラグがたち furagu ga tachi
Terminal (終止形) フラグが立つ フラグがたつ furagu ga tatsu
Attributive (連体形) フラグが立つ フラグがたつ furagu ga tatsu
Hypothetical (仮定形) フラグが立て フラグがたて furagu ga tate
Imperative (命令形) フラグが立て フラグがたて furagu ga tate
Key constructions
Passive フラグが立たれる フラグがたたれる furagu ga tatareru
Causative フラグが立たせる
フラグが立たす		 フラグがたたせる
フラグがたたす		 furagu ga tataseru
furagu ga tatasu
Potential フラグが立てる フラグがたてる furagu ga tateru
Volitional フラグが立とう フラグがたとう furagu ga tatō
Negative フラグが立たない フラグがたたない furagu ga tatanai
Negative continuative フラグが立たず フラグがたたず furagu ga tatazu
Formal フラグが立ちます フラグがたちます furagu ga tachimasu
Perfective フラグが立った フラグがたった furagu ga tatta
Conjunctive フラグが立って フラグがたって furagu ga tatte
Hypothetical conditional フラグが立てば フラグがたてば furagu ga tateba

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