かたがた, がてら, and かたわら
かたがた, がてら, and かたわら This page explains かたがた、がてら, and かたわら、expressions that mean “while” or “at the same time”. かたがた Do A and BNoun + かたがた かたがたis most similar to ついでにIt expresses that you did...
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Miscellaneous に Expressions
Miscellaneous に Expressions にすぎない Nothing more than a..Noun + にすぎない に過ぎない (にすぎない) means “not exceeding X” or “not more than a..”. It’s pretty straightforward. Examples 男一人にすぎないHe’s nothing more than one man. 彼の涙は演技に過ぎないHis tears are...
Simple Noun Expressions
Simple Noun Expressions かいがある Worth doingPlain form verb + かいがあるます Stem + がいがある 甲斐がある (かいがある) is a phrase meaning that something has value. In other words, its worth it. This expression may also be...
Simple を Expressions
Simple を Expressions This page covers a fair bit of simple を phrases. I may move this page to vocabulary later.If you dont’ care about lengthier explanations, skip to the summary table. をきっかけに ..Was...
Simple Adverbs
Simple Adverbs This page deals with a few simple miscellaneous adverbs: どうせ ふたたび はたして どうせ Anyway/Might as wellどうせ + Clause どうせ means “anyway” or “regardless”.It is typically used to dismiss some information as irrelevant...
Negative こと Expressions
Negative こと Expressions I split these from the other page because there were too many and these belong together.They are also annoyingly similar. ことはない – Definitely not, No need to ないことはない/ないこともない – Not impossible,...