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2 Replies ・ Started by macmuffin at 2021-07-12 20:19:35 UTC ・ Last reply by Lyza at 2021-07-13 04:40:07 UTC
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    ピーター
  • は
  • あたら新しい
  • オムツ
  • を
  • ひつよう必要としている
  • の
  • かもしれない
    • 。

What does としている do in this sentence?

Is it some kind of verb in -te form or is it some use of として?

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Leebo at 2021-07-12 20:31:15 UTC

必要とする is an expression

https://jisho.org/word/%E5%BF%85%E8%A6%81%E3%81%A8%E3%81%99%E3%82%8B

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Lyza at 2021-07-13 04:40:07 UTC

extra: you should check out "とする" meaning in jisho too. it also has other meaning on its own.

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