Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning It’s no use; There’s no point in; It won’t do any good. 🎯 Primary Function Expresses that doing something (or dwelling on something) is pointless, useless, or will not change the current situation or outcome. 📋 Grammar Structure [Verb て-form] + も始まらない (mo hajimarana) 🎭 Usage […]
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Indicates the nature, quality, characteristic, or aspect related to the preceding noun. 🎯 Primary Function To transform certain nouns, often abstract or conceptual, into な-adjectives. 📋 Grammar Structure [Noun] + 的 + だ/です (when ending a sentence) [Noun] + 的 + な + [Noun] (when modifying
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning This is not the time to be doing X. 🎯 Primary Function To express that an action is inappropriate or ill-timed given the current serious or urgent situation. It conveys a sense of crisis or urgency and often implies reproach towards the person doing the inappropriate
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Because one must not [verb] 🎯 Primary Function Used to state the reason for an action (or inaction) is that a certain behavior is prohibited or advised against. The ‘because’ clause specifies the prohibition that leads to the consequence in the main clause. 📋 Grammar Structure
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Indicates that a situation was resolved, completed, or managed by simply performing the action described by the preceding て-form verb, often implying that a worse outcome was avoided. 🎯 Primary Function To express that something was sufficient to resolve a situation, or that a situation concluded
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Expresses a strong, often uncontrollable feeling or state. Similar to “cannot help but feel/do…”, “unbearably…”, “extremely…”, or “it’s so X that I can’t stand it.” 🎯 Primary Function To emphasize the intensity of a feeling or condition, suggesting the speaker feels overwhelmed or cannot control it.
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Meaning: ‘Unless/Until X is done, Y cannot be done’ or ‘You cannot do Y unless X is done’. 🎯 Primary Function This pattern indicates that a certain action (X) must be completed as a necessary prerequisite before another action or state (Y) can occur or be
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Expresses that a new state, understanding, or action occurs or becomes possible “only after” or “not until” the preceding action is completed. 🎯 Primary Function To indicate that a specific condition (the preceding action) is a necessary prerequisite for a subsequent result, realization, or ability to
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “Try doing…” or “Go ahead and do…” 🎯 Primary Function To gently suggest or encourage someone (usually younger or lower in status) to try something, see something, or experience something. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb て-form + ごらん / ごらんなさい 🎭 Usage Contexts 🏢 Formal Situations Generally
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning To be constantly doing something; to do nothing but something. 🎯 Primary Function Expresses that someone is doing a specific action repeatedly or continuously, often implying criticism, dissatisfaction, or negativity regarding the excessiveness of the action. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb て-form + ばかりいる (or ばかりだ) 🎭
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Even if, even though, no matter how/what/when. 🎯 Primary Function Expresses that a consequence or state will hold true regardless of the preceding condition. It’s a more casual and colloquial version of ～ても (temo). 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (た form) + って い-adjective (stem + くたって)
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “For example”, “for instance” 🎯 Primary Function To introduce one or more specific examples to illustrate a general statement, idea, or concept previously mentioned. 📋 Grammar Structure Clause/Sentence A. 例えば, Clause/Sentence B (example). 🎭 Usage Contexts 🏢 Formal Situations Can be used in moderately formal contexts,
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Expresses a hypothetical situation or condition and states that the subsequent result or conclusion will remain unchanged regardless of that condition. 🎯 Primary Function To show that a certain outcome or state is true, even under a difficult, unlikely, or contrary circumstance. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “Freshly done,” “newly made,” “just completed,” “right after the action.” 🎯 Primary Function Indicates that a noun or a state is in a fresh condition immediately following a specific action or process. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb ます stem + たて (often followed by の + Noun)
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Certainly, surely, indeed, admittedly, true. 🎯 Primary Function To acknowledge or admit the truth or validity of a preceding statement or fact, often used when introducing a contrasting point or adding a further observation. 📋 Grammar Structure 確かに + [Sentence/Phrase] 🎭 Usage Contexts 🏢 Formal Situations
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “For the sake of,” “in order to,” or “because of / due to.” 🎯 Primary Function Expresses either the purpose/goal of an action or the reason/cause for a state or event. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (plain form) + ために Noun + のために 🎭 Usage Contexts 🏢
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Each time; whenever; every time. 🎯 Primary Function To indicate that a specific event or condition occurs repeatedly whenever another specific event or action takes place. It emphasizes the regular occurrence or association between two events. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (dictionary form) + たびに Noun +
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “as soon as”, “the moment that” 🎯 Primary Function To indicate that a second action or event happened immediately, often unexpectedly, after the first action or event was completed. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb past tense (た形) + とたん / とたんに 🎭 Usage Contexts 🏢 Formal Situations
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning たものだ (ta mono da) is used to express past habits or states that occurred repeatedly, often with a feeling of nostalgia. It can also be used to express strong feelings, surprise, or realization about a fact or situation (which can be in the present or past).
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning The particle は following a quantity word marks that quantity as the topic or focus of the sentence. It draws attention to the specific amount being mentioned. 🎯 Primary Function To emphasize or highlight a specific quantity, often implying a minimum (“at least”) or a requirement.
