✨ Basic Meaning
🎯 Primary Function
📋 Grammar Structure
🎭 Usage Contexts
Used in business or formal settings (as ‘つもりでした’) to explain why a task wasn’t completed or to clarify intentions.
Extremely common among friends to talk about failed plans or mistakes.
Common in diaries, novels, and essays to reflect on past thoughts.
Frequently used in speech to express regret or to offer excuses.
💡 Common Applications
📌 Important Points
⚠️ Common Mistakes
🏛️ Cultural Context
🔍 Subtle Differences
📝 Conjugation Notes
‘Tsumori’ functions like a noun. The past tense is applied to the copula (da -> datta / desu -> deshita). The verb preceding it remains in plain form (dictionary or past ta-form).
🔊 Pronunciation Tips
Ensure the ‘tsu’ sound is crisp. The emphasis is usually neutral, but the ‘datta’ can be stressed to emphasize the contrast with the current situation.
🧠 Memory Tips
Think of ‘Tsumori’ as ‘intention’. Adding ‘datta’ (was) makes it a ‘was intention’—implying the intention is now over and didn’t result in action.
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