一方
一方 方 (ほう) is a noun meaning “direction“, side”, or “other one”. It’s also the ほう from ほうがいい. When used with 一 (いち) as 一方(いっぽう) it can be used to express: Continuing in one...
Category: Grammar
Contrastive は
Contrastive は A nuance of は is that it can be used for contrasting two things. This is sometimes referred to as “comparative” は。 This page will explain the basic pattern, and some other...
こと Expressions
こと Expressions There’s a lot of こと expressions. For simplicity’s sake, I’m only going to cover the most basic ones here for now; ones that are either easy to understand or common: たことがある –...
ても Phrases
ても Phrases I am considering combining this with the ても page. This page covers more “expression-like” usages of ても. To me, I don’t really see a difference, but other sources list this separately and...
ふり
ふり “An act” ふり is a noun meaning “an act” or “pretending“.More specifically, it refers to the “manner” of something. Examples 猫のふり – Cat-act (act like a cat) 変なふり – Act strange. 子供のふり –...