Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “must,” “have to,” “need to” 🎯 Primary Function To express that an action is required, necessary, or obligatory. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb ない-form + ければならない 行く (iku) -> 行かない (ikanai) -> 行かなければならない (ikanakereba naranai) 食べる (taberu) -> 食べない (tabenai) -> 食べなければならない (tabenakereba naranai) する (suru) -> […]
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “Must,” “Have to,” “Need to” 🎯 Primary Function To express necessity, obligation, or a strong requirement to do something. It indicates that if you don’t do the action, there will be negative consequences or it is not acceptable. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb in ない-form + ければいけない
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Not easily; difficult to; takes time to; not quite/not very (when something doesn’t happen as expected) 🎯 Primary Function To express that an expected or desired action or state is not realized, often due to difficulty, resistance, or unexpected delay. It implies that the speaker feels
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Expresses that the subject is performing two actions simultaneously. 🎯 Primary Function To connect two verbs, indicating that the action of the first verb is happening at the same time as the action of the second verb (which is typically the main action). 📋 Grammar Structure
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning and so on, etc., things like… 🎯 Primary Function To list examples of items, implying that the list is not exhaustive and there are other similar items not mentioned. 📋 Grammar Structure Noun + など Noun + など + Particle (e.g., が, を, に, も) 🎭
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning The basic meaning of するな (suru na) is ‘Don’t do’. It’s a direct and often forceful way to tell someone not to perform an action. 🎯 Primary Function To express a strong prohibition or a direct command for someone to stop or not perform a specific
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning も (mo) is a particle that adds a sense of inclusion, addition, or emphasis to the word or phrase it follows. 🎯 Primary Function It functions primarily to indicate that something else is true or applies in the same way, or to emphasize the degree of
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Seems like; Looks like; Appears that; Is like; Similar to 🎯 Primary Function To express a conjecture (guess) based on what you see or feel, or to express similarity. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (Plain form) + みたいだ i-adjective (Plain form) + みたいだ na-adjective (remove な) +
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Like, similar to, as if 🎯 Primary Function Used to express similarity or comparison, to give examples, or to convey a subjective impression or feeling. 📋 Grammar Structure Noun + みたいに Verb (plain form) + みたいに い-adjective (plain form) + みたいに な-adjective + みたいに 🎭 Usage
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Expresses similarity to something or gives an example of something. 🎯 Primary Function To connect a noun, な-adjective stem, or い-adjective to a following noun, indicating that the following noun is *like* or *an example of* the preceding element. 📋 Grammar Structure [Noun] + みたいな +
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “or” 🎯 Primary Function To connect two or more nouns, noun phrases, or clauses, indicating a choice or alternative between them. 📋 Grammar Structure Noun A または Noun B Clause A または Clause B 🎭 Usage Contexts 🏢 Formal Situations Frequently used in formal speech, presentations,
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “as is,” “without changing,” “in the same state.” 🎯 Primary Function To indicate that an action occurs or a state persists while a previous state or condition is maintained. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (た-form) + まま Verb (ない-form) + まま Noun + の + まま い-adjective
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Indicates a time limit or deadline by which an action or state must be completed. 🎯 Primary Function To specify the time by which an action must be finished or an event must occur. 📋 Grammar Structure N (time/event) + までに V (plain form) + までに
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning The basic meaning of 急に (きゅうに) is “suddenly,” “abruptly,” or “quickly and unexpectedly.” 🎯 Primary Function It functions as an adverb, modifying verbs and adjectives to indicate that an action or state change happened suddenly or without prior warning. 📋 Grammar Structure 急に + Verb /
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “To make something become [adjective/noun]” or “to cause something to be [adjective/noun]”. It expresses bringing about a change in state or condition of an object or person. 🎯 Primary Function To describe a transitive action where the subject causes a change in the state or condition
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning To decide to do something; to make a resolution. 🎯 Primary Function Expresses the speaker’s personal decision or resolution to do something, often made at that specific time or recently. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (Dictionary Form) + ことにする 🎭 Usage Contexts 🏢 Formal Situations Can be
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning It has been decided that…; It turns out that…; The result is that… 🎯 Primary Function To express a decision, outcome, or situation that has been decided or is the natural result of circumstances, rules, or someone else’s actions, often without the speaker’s direct will or
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “can do”, “to be able to do”, “it is possible to do” 🎯 Primary Function To indicate that someone or something possesses the ability to perform an action, or that an action is possible. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (Plain Form) + ことができます 🎭 Usage Contexts 🏢
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “There are times when…” or “have the experience of…” 🎯 Primary Function To express either a past experience or something that happens occasionally or sometimes. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (casual past tense, た form) + ことがある (koto ga aru) 🎭 Usage Contexts 🏢 Formal Situations Can
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Approximately; around; about (time or period) 🎯 Primary Function To indicate an approximate point in time or a general period during which something happens or happened. 📋 Grammar Structure Structure 1: Noun + の + 頃（ころ） Structure 2: Verb (た形 – past tense) + 頃（ころ） Structure
