Category: Numbers

Grammar / N5 Grammar / N5 Numbers and Time / Numbers

November 28, 2022

ぐらい and ごろ

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 Nouns / Nouns / Numbers / Particles

November 23, 2022

しか～ない

しか～ない Except X, nothing elseXしか + verb ない form しか is a particle that means “except X” it is used with the negative form to mean “Only X”. It’s similar to だけ, but is...

Grammar / N4 Grammar / N4 Nouns / Nouns / Numbers / Particles / Verbs

November 23, 2022

だけで

だけでだけで is a combination of だけ (Only/Just) and で (“how”).There’s more emphasis on the word before だけで than just using で alone. With Nouns With justNoun + だけで With nouns, だけで means “with...

N5 Grammar / N5 Numbers and Time / Numbers / Time

October 24, 2022

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...

Grammar / Adverbs / N5 Adverbs / N5 Grammar / Numbers / Vocab

October 22, 2022

Quantity Modifiers

Quantity Modifiers This page explains some common quantity modifying adverbs and adjectives. Quantity Adverbs Quantity Adverbsたくさん: a lot of Xすこし: A little of Xちょっと: A little X たくさん (a lot) and すこし (a little)...

Beginner Content / Grammar / N5 Grammar / N5 Numbers and Time / Numbers

October 15, 2022

Counters

Counters After learning numbers, we now need to learn how to count. In English, we can simply say Number + noun to count almost anything. Unfortunately, it does not work that way in Japanese....

Grammar / N5 Grammar / N5 Particles / Numbers

October 12, 2022

だけ and も

だけ and もだけだけ (Only/Just)Number + Counter + だけ – Only numberNoun + だけ – Only nouns, Only a noun だけ is a particle added after a word to emphasize “Just“ or “only“. It...