ことにする and ことになる
ことにする and ことになる ことにする and ことになる are essentially the same as Nounにする and Nounになる, but with nominalized verbs instead. This is achieved through using こと to nominalize the verb. Reminder: する implies a decision...
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だろう and でしょう
だろう and でしょう ProbablyNoun/Adjective/Verb + だろう/でしょう。 だ and です also have a volitional form: だ→だろう です→でしょう Usages Unfortunately, だろう and でしょう don’t mean the same thing ましょう does. There’s a lot of different meanings...
てはいけない and てはならない
てはいけない and てはならない This page explains てはいけない and てはならない, two nearly identical phrases andcommon sound variations and abbreviations. てはいけない Verb is not allowedVerbてはいけない Verbてform+はいけない, means doing the verb is prohibited. It is usually used...
Time Counters
Time Counters These are the units of time, used to count a span of time. There are some sound changes, so see the chart below. Years – Number + 年（ねん）- Same as date. Months...
Calendar dates
Calendar Dates In English, January 1st is read as January first, and not January one. Calendar dates in Japan also get a different pronunciation. Please note, however, that these are not ordinal (sequence) numbers...
Sentence Conjunctions
Basic Sentence Conjunctions This page explains four common sentence conjunctions: その上 – On top of that. Must both be good or both bad. それで – “because of that” “therefore” AそれでB – A caused Bそれに –...