Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
Verb Types Japanese generally has 2 types of verbs, Transitive (action verbs) and Intransitive (state) verbs. This is hard to understand in English, as we use the same verbs for both situations, so let’s...
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か Sentence Endings
Question Sentence Endings っけ Remind me againだ ending Sentence + っけた Ending sentence + っけ っけ attaches to the end of a sentence, much like か does. It indicates a guess of which you...
The Best/Most
いちばん The best/mostいちばんのNounがいちばんAdjective 一番 (いちばん) literally means ”number 1″, ie “the best“. Ichiban is a special type of adjective; It’s treated like an adjective, but uses の to modify nouns; it can directly modify...
Basic Prepositions
Prepositions This page covers the basic prepositions (location words) in Japanese. Preposition are nouns; They connect to nouns using の. Prepositions typically take に (location marker) after them; but see the bottom for a...
Frequency Adverbs
Frequency Adverbs This page looks at some of the most common frequency adverbs in Japanese. Quick Guide いつも – All the timeいつでも – Any timeよく – Oftenときどき – Sometimesたまに – Occasionally まれに – Rarely...
あ・そ・こ System
あ・そ・こ System Explanation Japanese has 3 words for this/that (things) これ – This one (near me) それ – That one (near you) あれ – That one (over there) Note that “near” “there” and “over...
Nounにする and Nounになる
Nounにする and Nounになる ～にする and ～になる are similar to each other, but differ with regards to the actor: にする implies a decision or effort by an actor. になる implies a natural change or result....
N5 Particles Summary Table
N5 Particles Summary Table This chart has all of the usages of particles (single かな particles) discussed in the Beginner and N5 content, with links and examples. If I missed a usage, please let...
Adverb + する/なる
Adverb +する/なる Please read Nounにする・なる first. Adverb + する and Adverb + なる are like the noun version, are similar patterns. The する version implies that someone (i.e. the speaker) did something. The なる version...