Category: N4 Grammar

Grammar / N4 Grammar / N4 Verb Forms / Verbs

November 17, 2022

Verb Difficulty

Verb Difficulty This page deals with やすい、にくい、and づらい. These verbs are nouns that can attach like a suffix to the ます stem of a verb to describe its level of difficulty to do. やすい...

Grammar / N4 Grammar / N4 Verb Forms / N5 Verb Forms / Verbs / て form

November 16, 2022

てあげる and てもらう

～てあげる and ～てもらう If you haven’t already, please read the giving and receiving page. てあげる and てもらう are used to express giving and receiving actions. てあげる and てもらう both use を and に just...

Grammar / N4 Grammar / N4 Verb Forms / Verbs / て form

November 16, 2022

ておく、てみる、てよかった

Preparation and Trying ておく To prepTransitive verb て form +おく The ～ておく means “To do in advance/leave in a state for some purpose”. There is an intent behind the action. Examples ドアを開けておく – I’ll...

Grammar / N4 Grammar / N4 Verb Forms / Verbs / て form

November 15, 2022

てしまう

～てしまう To Regret RegretVerb て form ＋しまう The most common usage of てしまう is to express regret or sadness. Since it expresses feeling about something, It is typically used in and about the...

Grammar / N4 Grammar / N4 Verb Forms / Verbs / て form

November 15, 2022

ても and でも

ても and でも Even ifVerb/い Adjective て form + もNoun/な Adjective + でもても/でも is used to express “even if”. It is the て form followed by emphasis も。This pattern pattern typically expresses something...

Grammar / N4 Grammar / N4 Question Grammar

November 14, 2022

じゃないか

じゃないかじゃないか is typically used to make tag questions, a statement that seeks agreement (not so much confirmation). Sort of like “It’s a cat, isn’t it?”. か may or may not be used, but...

Grammar / Conditionals / N4 Conditionals / N4 Grammar

November 13, 2022

なら If that’s the case…Noun/Adjective/Verb Plain form+ならなら means “If that’s the case”.It is typically used to respond to someone else’s statement. なら emphasizes the “if true” part. You may nominalize verbs with の and...

Grammar / N4 Grammar / N4 Verb Forms / Verbs

November 13, 2022

Commands

Commands This page serves as an overview of basic command patterns in Japanese including: ろ・え – Angryな – Annoyed/Angry/Defensiveand なさい – Bossy There is also a brief discussion of “Plain Form” commands. Affirmative Command...

Grammar / Keigo / N4 Grammar / N4 Keigo

November 13, 2022

Keigo Requests

Keigo Requests おねがいします Please お願いします means please. This is a true please like we think of it in English.You probably know this from よろしくお願いします. Technically お願いします means “Humbly request” and is already Humble. (願う...

Grammar / Keigo / N4 Grammar / N4 Keigo / Nouns / Vocab

November 12, 2022

お and ご

お and ごお and ご are put before nouns/ Adjectives/adverbs/verb stems to make them “pretty”. It makes the word sound more refined or sophisticated. お is typically used before words with Japanese readings,...