せい、おかげ, and ため
せい、おかげ, and ため This page explains 3 words used to assign responsibility: せい – (Bad) おかげ- (Good) ため (Neutral) せい Fault (Bad) せい is a noun that assigns blame. It has a negative connotation....
Category: Vocab
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...
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 –...
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)...
Comparisons
より and ほう ～より Rather than A Aより～ より means “rather than” ; However it is not typically used alone. It is a particle; it attaches directly to Adjectives, nouns and verbs. Because it means...