Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Used to confirm something, express a realization, or add mild emphasis, often seeking agreement. 🎯 Primary Function To call attention to a fact or situation, implying it should be obvious or has just been realized, and often inviting agreement. 📋 Grammar Structure Plain form (Verb, い-Adj, […]
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning でも (demo) is a versatile word in Japanese that can function as a conjunction meaning “but” or “however,” or as a particle meaning “even” or indicating a casual suggestion. 🎯 Primary Function To connect contrasting ideas (as a conjunction), or to emphasize an extreme or inclusive
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning A very polite or humble equivalent of です (desu). 🎯 Primary Function To express states, attributes, or existence with a high level of politeness or humility towards the listener, often in formal or business contexts. 📋 Grammar Structure Noun + でございます Na-adjective stem + でございます (Less
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning 出す (だす) as a standalone verb means “to take out,” “to put out,” “to send,” etc. However, when used as a suffix after the stem of another verb (Verb Stem + 出す), it becomes a grammar pattern meaning “to suddenly start doing something” or “to burst
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “Just by doing X”, “Simply X”, “Only X” 🎯 Primary Function To indicate that an action, state, or noun is the sole condition or element that leads to a subsequent result or state, often implying ease, simplicity, or limitation. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (plain form) +
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning ばかり is a versatile word in Japanese that indicates a sense of “only,” “just finished,” or “always doing something,” often with a nuance of emphasis or limitation. 🎯 Primary Function To indicate that an action has just been completed (たばかり), to express that something is “only”
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Expresses “in the case of…”, “if…”, or “when…” indicating a specific situation or condition. 🎯 Primary Function To introduce a particular scenario or condition and state the consequence or action to be taken in that exact situation. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (dictionary form / た form
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “If…” or “When…” (expressing a condition or consequence) 🎯 Primary Function Forms a conditional clause, often indicating a general condition, a natural consequence, or a suggestion/advice. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (-ば form) + Clause 2 i-adjective (-ければ form) + Clause 2 na-adjective (なら/ならば) + Clause 2
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “After”, “later”, “afterwards” 🎯 Primary Function Indicates that an action or event takes place subsequent to another action or specific time/event. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (Plain Past た形) + 後で Noun + の + 後で これ/それ/あれ/どれ + の + 後で 後で (used by itself) 🎭 Usage
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning To express that something is “not very” or “not much” in degree, frequency, or quantity. 🎯 Primary Function Modifying a negative predicate (verb, i-adjective, na-adjective, or noun) to indicate a low degree or frequency of that negation. 📋 Grammar Structure あまり + Negative form of Verb
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning While / During / In the meantime 🎯 Primary Function To indicate that a specific action or event occurs at some point or is completed within the duration of another action or state. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (dictionary form/ている form) + 間に Noun + の +
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “While”, “during”, “in the meantime” 🎯 Primary Function To indicate that an action or state continues throughout the entire duration of another action or state. 📋 Grammar Structure [Verb Dictionary form/ない form] 間 [い-adjective] 間 [な-adjective] な 間 [Noun] の 間 🎭 Usage Contexts 🏢 Formal
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning ずつ indicates that a quantity, amount, or action is distributed or happens repeatedly in equal or specified increments. 🎯 Primary Function To express distribution (“each,” “at a time”) or gradual progression (“little by little,” “one by one”). 📋 Grammar Structure [Quantity/Counter] ずつ [Noun] ずつ (less common,
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Cannot help but do; Cannot resist; Cannot refrain from doing 🎯 Primary Function To express an action or feeling that one feels compelled to do or cannot suppress, often driven by an internal urge, emotion, or observation. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (ない form, dropping い) +
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “without doing something” or “not doing something and…” 🎯 Primary Function To express that a certain action is not performed, and often serves as a condition or circumstance for the subsequent action or state. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (Nai-form, remove ない) + ずに Examples: 行く (iku)
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning To attempt to do something / To be about to do something 🎯 Primary Function It expresses either the subject’s conscious effort or attempt to perform an action, or the imminent state of an action about to happen (often for inanimate objects or natural phenomena). 📋
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Expresses that someone or something refuses to do something, or does not make an effort/show intention to do something. 🎯 Primary Function To describe the lack of willingness, effort, or natural tendency of a subject (person, animal, or even inanimate object/phenomenon) to perform an action. 📋
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Looks like, seems like, appears to be 🎯 Primary Function To express an impression or observation about the appearance of something or someone, based on visual cues or perceived state. 📋 Grammar Structure [Noun] のように見える [Verb (Plain form)] ように見える [い-Adjective (Plain form)] ように見える [な-Adjective (な-form)] ように見える
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning There is no way to do something; it is impossible to perform an action due to a lack of means, method, or circumstance. 🎯 Primary Function To express the impossibility of performing an action because the necessary method or means does not exist. 📋 Grammar Structure
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning To feel like…, To have a feeling that…, It seems like… 🎯 Primary Function Expresses the speaker’s subjective feeling, impression, or uncertain belief about something, based on intuition, observation, or limited evidence. 📋 Grammar Structure [Verb (casual form)] + ような気がする [い-adjective (plain form)] + ような気がする [な-adjective
