Page 518 - Basic Japanese

Takusan no kuni de eigo ga tsukawarete imasu.
English is used in many countries.

O-sake wa kome kara tsukuraremasu.
Sake is made from rice.

The passive is also used just as an EXALTED FORM with

no special passive meaning. (See Lesson 9 for a variety of
exalted forms.)

Nihon ni wa mō ikaremashita ka.
Has he gone to Japan?

Hoteru wa mō yoyaku saremashita ka.
Have you already reserved a hotel room?

Here are some more examples of passives.

Neko ni sakana o

taberaremashita

The cat ate our fish up.

Gakkō e iku tochū de ame ni furaremashita.
On the way to school, I got rained on.