掲示板 Forums - What does した mean?

More context would be nice, but I think it's most likely either した (past of する), or part of a larger grammar pattern like [something] したら、 なかなか…

I guess it could be something else, but I can't tell without a longer example.

Edit: I mean したら as a conditional, e.g. 勉強したら, in case that wasn't clear. You can also just have [something omitted] したら.

1. うっそう とした 林 = "dense forest", した = past of する (noun-modifying)
2. 強そうな目をした = noun + をした, which is like をしている. 目をした少年 = "boy with eyes that looked..."
3. 走り + だしたら, actually there's a whole entry for it 走りだしたら

PS: I'm very sleepy, so I do apologize if I mess something up.

Edit: Wait, what's wrong with 駆けていく? Reference sense 10. of 行く
In case you don't understand とした in (1), I think it's sense 3. of とする. I'd never really thought about how to explain it. It's "a forest that is regarded/taken as dense" > "a dense forest" ("woods" might fit better for 林). Also check out the usage note on うっそう.

Ember08 (04月7日, 3:19)
Ohhh, thank you!! Way more stuff makes sense now (I thought that one thing was just 駆けている conjugated with a random く. Oops!)

I can't find anything on renshuu about をした or をしている to see exactly what they are and how they work though, unless I'm just looking in totally the wrong places. Is there somewhere I can see exactly how that stuff comes together and works?

So, these aren't really separate grammar patterns — it's just an extended use of (を)する, like in:

少女は澄んだ声をしている = "The girl has a pure voice"

It's also very common with onomatopoeia:
サラサラ した髪 = "smooth / silky hair"

I just remembered Kaname Naito had a video that might help you:

It's probably better than me fumbling around trying to explain it :D

Edit: Skip to 6 min if you don't want to watch the whole thing. I do recommend it though, it's a good video about onomatopoeia :)

That's a very broad question... I'll try to explain a few things, but I'm pretty sure there's plenty of exceptions and oddities. You're basically asking how to use する :D

🔷 Noun + をする ("have / possess")
を marks the object (voice, eyes, etc.)
Casual speech often drops を — いい声してる, きれいな目してる. This doesn't always work though. If it's something inherently "poetic", you can't really make it casual. It would just end up sounding unnatural. You can't really mix in a casual end to a literary sentence either.

Anyway, these two examples mean exactly the same thing. At least I don't feel a difference (in meaning). The "vibe" is very different though.

いい声をしている人

いい声してる人

意志の強そうな目をした少年 ✅

意志の強そうな目した少年 ❌

意志の強そうな目してる少年 △ (kinda)

🔷 Onomatopoeia / adjective + する
No を, because the descriptor isn't a real object.
と is sometimes used (うっそうとした) to link the descriptor into a descriptive state. I couldn't tell you when you can/can't use it though. I think it's mostly just patterns you pick up from usage.

I'm pretty sure you can't do this うっそうした. Can't explain why though. と might be needed when the descriptor is more conceptual/abstract. Not sure. https://hinative.com/questions...

する / した can be pretty similar, note that した isn't really acting as "past tense" here.

By the way, don't confuse this with しようとする

PS: I'm not very confident teaching this. I usually have a feel for what's natural, but actually explaining the rules behind it is quite difficult.