Category: Grammar
まるで
まるで まるで is and adverb and means “Completely“. It has 2 somewhat contradictory usages: To express something is almost completely the same To express completely doing or not doing something. *Note まる (〇) in...
まま and っぱなし
まま and っぱなし まま Unchanged StatePlain Past Tense Verb + ままPlain Negative verb + ままな Adjectives + な + ままい Adjectives + ままNouns + の + まま まま is noun/adverb (may directly modify verbs)...
のは
のは The Who, What, When, Where, and WhyPlain form verb + のは の in のは is a stand-in for some other, known, obvious word. It’s sort of like “it” in English, but it must...
せい、おかげ, and ため
せい、おかげ, and ため This page explains 3 words used to assign responsibility: せい – (Bad) おかげ- (Good) ため (Neutral) せい Fault (Bad) せい is a noun that assigns blame. It has a negative connotation....