Category: Grammar

November 30, 2022

Quotation と

Quotation Particle と Quotationplain form sentence + と + Verb* と can be used as a quotation marking particle. Essentially, this adds quotes around the sentence it attaches to, and makes it into an...

Grammar / N4 Grammar / N4 Other / Particles

November 30, 2022

～し～し

～しし is kind of like the て form in that it functions like “and”. However, there are things left unsaid with し。 And And (Things left unsaid)Verb/い Adjective + しNoun/な Adjective + だし...

Grammar / N4 Grammar / N4 Other / Verbs

November 29, 2022

～たり～たり

～たり～たりたり formPlain Past Tense Verb/Adjective/Noun + りThings like X and YXたりYたりする The たり form of a verb means “Things like”. It’s useful for describing general types of things you did or might do....

Grammar / N5 Grammar / N5 Numbers and Time / Numbers

November 28, 2022

ぐらい and ごろ Quick GuideNumber + Counter ぐらい – About this manyTime + ごろ – Around this time This page is about expressing approximate amounts and approximate times. ぐらい (Amount) About (amount)Amount + ぐらい/くらい...

Grammar / N4 Grammar / N4 Question Grammar / Nouns

November 27, 2022

かもしれない

かもしれない Maybe/possiblyPlain Form Verb/Noun/い Adjective + かもしれないな Adjectives: drop な + かもしれないかもしれない is かも (which means question mark) + しれない (negative potential form of 知る) . It means “maybe” “might” or “possibly”. かも...

Grammar / N4 Grammar / N4 Time / Time

November 27, 2022

Intervals

Intervals ごとに Every UnitUnitごとにごとに is a suffix that means “every”. It is used with units to indicate that something happens or is every X unit. It is basically the same thing as adding...

Grammar / Beginner Content / N5 Grammar / N5 Particles / Particles

November 24, 2022

へ

へ(eh) へ (“eh”)General direction of travel へ (eh) is wrote as “he” but read as “eh“. It is very similar to に, but is much more limited in scope. It can only indicate a...

Grammar / N4 Grammar / N4 Question Grammar / Particles / Questions

November 23, 2022

かどうか and か

かどうか and かかどうか Whether or not Xplain form verb + Xかどうか + verb かどうか is a phrase that means “whether or not“. It must follow a noun, adjective, or verb, and cannot appear...

Grammar / N4 Grammar / N4 Nouns / Nouns

November 23, 2022

はず

はずはず is usually translated as should. It is a noun that communicates expectation. The closest English translation is “supposed to“. It is not should in the “Better to do” sense. It may be...

N4 Grammar / N4 Basic Knowledge

November 23, 2022

Verb + ほうがいい

This page is really N5 level grammar, but is a good example of verbs as adjectives. ほうがいい Better to doDictionary form Verb + ほうがいいほうがいい can also be modified by verbs, giving it a...