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I’m a software engineer based in Japan, with experience in developing web and mobile applications. I’m passionate about technology, especially in DevOps, AI, and app development using platforms like AWS, Flutter, and Node.js. My goal is to build a website that shares knowledge about the Japanese language and IT, helping everyone learn and grow more easily in the digital era.

N4 Grammar

Mastering ~ても (~te mo): Expressing “Even If” and “Permission” in Japanese (JLPT N4 Grammar)

Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “Even if,” “even though,” “no matter how/what/where/who/when.” 🎯 Primary Function To indicate that a result or state occurs regardless of a condition, or to grant permission. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (て form) + も い-adjective (drop い + くて) + も な-adjective (drop な + で) […]

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Mastering Japanese Timing: Understanding 〜ているところ (~teiru tokoro)

Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Indicates the specific “point” or “stage” of an action or event. 🎯 Primary Function To specify whether an action is about to start, currently happening, or has just finished. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (dictionary form) + ところです/だ Verb (〜ている form) + ところです/だ Verb (〜た form) +

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Expressing Relief and Gratitude: Mastering ~てよかった (~te yokatta)

Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning To express that it was good that something happened (or didn’t happen) in the past. 🎯 Primary Function To convey a feeling of relief, satisfaction, gratitude, or positive evaluation regarding a past event or action. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb て form + よかった い-adjective (-い)+ くて

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Mastering 〜てやる: Giving Actions and Showing Resolve

Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning 〜てやる is a verb ending that follows the て-form of a verb. It has two main meanings: 1. To perform an action for someone or something (similar to 〜てあげる, but less polite). 2. To express the speaker’s strong will or determination to do something. 🎯 Primary

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Mastering ~てすみません: Apologizing for Your Actions

Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning To apologize for having done something. 🎯 Primary Function Used to express regret or apology for a specific past action or state. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb て form + すみません (sumimasen) or ごめんなさい (gomennasai – more informal) 🎭 Usage Contexts 🏢 Formal Situations Can be used

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Mastering ~てしまう / ちゃう: Completion, Regret, and More!

Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning This grammar pattern is attached to the Te-form of a verb and adds nuance about the action’s result or consequence. 🎯 Primary Function It primarily expresses one of three main ideas: 1. Completion of an action, often with a feeling of relief or finality. 2. Regret

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Mastering てもらう (te morau): Receiving Favors in Japanese

Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning To receive a favor or benefit from someone performing an action. 🎯 Primary Function To indicate that the speaker (or the subject) received an action or service from someone else, often implying gratitude. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb て-form + もらう 🎭 Usage Contexts 🏢 Formal Situations

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Try It Out! Mastering the ~てみる Grammar Pattern (JLPT N4)

Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning To try doing something; to attempt something to see the result. 🎯 Primary Function Expresses the action of attempting to do something, often to see what the outcome will be or whether it is possible/suitable. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb て-form + 見る (みる) 🎭 Usage Contexts

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Expressing Gratitude: Mastering the ~てくれる (~te kureru) Form

Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Used to indicate that someone has performed an action for the benefit of the speaker or someone within the speaker’s inner circle. 🎯 Primary Function To express gratitude or acknowledge a favor received from someone. 📋 Grammar Structure [Verb Te-form] + くれる (~kureru) 🎭 Usage Contexts

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Mastering ていく (te iku): Moving Forward in Japanese

Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Indicates movement away from the speaker or a change/continuation that progresses into the future. 🎯 Primary Function To express physical movement away from the current location/speaker, or to describe a state, action, or change that starts now or in the past and continues/develops into the future.

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Mastering ~てあげる: Doing Favors in Japanese (JLPT N4 Grammar)

Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning To do something for someone else; to give the favor of doing something. 🎯 Primary Function Indicates that the subject performs an action for the benefit or advantage of the recipient, often implying the action is a favor. 📋 Grammar Structure [Verb Te-form] + あげる (ageru)

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Mastering ~たら (~tara): Your Essential Japanese Conditional for JLPT N4

Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Expresses a condition (“if” or “when”) or indicates a sequential action or discovery after a state/action is completed. 🎯 Primary Function To link a preceding clause (the condition or completed action) to a following clause (the result, consequence, or subsequent action). 📋 Grammar Structure Verb Past

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