Delve deep into Japanese
Miscellaneous に Expressions にすぎない Nothing more than a..Noun + にすぎない に過ぎない (にすぎない) means “not exceeding X” or “not more than a..”. It’s pretty straightforward. Examples 男一人にすぎないHe’s nothing more than one man. 彼の涙は演技に過ぎないHis tears are...
Simple Noun Expressions かいがある Worth doingPlain form verb + かいがあるます Stem + がいがある 甲斐がある (かいがある) is a phrase meaning that something has value. In other words, its worth it. This expression may also be...
Simple を Expressions This page covers a fair bit of simple を phrases. I may move this page to vocabulary later.If you dont’ care about lengthier explanations, skip to the summary table. をきっかけに ..Was...
Simple Adverbs This page deals with a few simple miscellaneous adverbs: どうせ ふたたび はたして どうせ Anyway/Might as wellどうせ + Clause どうせ means “anyway” or “regardless”.It is typically used to dismiss some information as irrelevant...
Negative こと Expressions I split these from the other page because there were too many and these belong together.They are also annoyingly similar. ことはない – Definitely not, No need to ないことはない/ないこともない – Not impossible,...
More こと Expressions こと, like もの also has a lot of expressions.Here’s some more: XことはXが – Although X is true.. ことにはならない – That doesn’t mean… ことだから – It’s them so… ことから – From the...
More もの Expressions Basically every もの combination is an expression.This page covers even more of them: ものがある – There’s something X about…/Feels like ものか – No way ないものか/ないものだろうか – It would be nice if.....
以 Compounds This page explains some common 以 (い) compounds: 以上 – More than or equal to 以下 – Less than or equal to 以前 – Before 以降 – After 以後 – From Now...
上 Expressions This page covers some 上 expressions/variations including: 上 (じょう) 以上は 上は 上で 上に 上 (じょう) Within/AboutNoun + 上 (じょう) 上 (じょう) means something like “within”. This may be a physical place, subject,...