Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Expressing the speaker’s will or intention to do something, or making a suggestion/invitation to the listener. 🎯 Primary Function To indicate personal resolution (“I will…”) or to propose an action to someone else (“Let’s…”, “Shall we…?”). 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (plain form) -> Volitional Form (意向形) […]
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning To need, to be necessary, must. 🎯 Primary Function To express that something is required or necessary, often based on rules, logic, or a specific goal. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb Plain Form + 必要がある (ひつようがある) Noun + が必要がある (ひつようがある) – Less common than Noun + が必要だ/です
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning cannot be, it’s impossible that, there’s no way that 🎯 Primary Function To express strong conviction or certainty that something is not true or will not happen, based on logical reasoning or evidence. 📋 Grammar Structure [Verb (plain form)] + はずがない [い-adjective (plain form)] + はずがない
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Expresses an expectation or strong probability based on some reason or evidence. 🎯 Primary Function To indicate that something is expected to be true, expected to happen, or logically should be the case. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb [plain form] + はずだ い-adjective [plain form] + はずだ
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning To begin doing something; to start an action. 🎯 Primary Function Indicates the initiation or commencement of an action described by the preceding verb. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb ます-stem + 始める (hajimeru) 🎭 Usage Contexts 🏢 Formal Situations Can be used in moderately formal contexts, though
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning A very polite way to say “is,” “are,” “exist,” or “have.” 🎯 Primary Function To elevate the level of politeness significantly beyond the standard ます/です form, typically used in highly formal or business contexts. 📋 Grammar Structure Noun + でございます\nい-Adjective stem + く + ございます\ な-Adjective
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Indicates that a third person (someone other than the speaker) shows signs of having a certain feeling, desire, or state. 🎯 Primary Function To describe the apparent feelings, desires, or states of others based on observation or common tendency, rather than stating a known fact about
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Expresses a tendency or characteristic trait of a person. 🎯 Primary Function To describe that someone frequently feels or acts in a certain way (often something they are sensitive about or prone to). 📋 Grammar Structure [い-adjective stem] + がり [Noun] + がり (Less common at
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning To sense, to perceive through the senses (smell, sound, taste, feel, etc.). 🎯 Primary Function Indicates that the subject involuntarily perceives a sensation. It describes what is felt or perceived rather than the act of actively using a sense organ. 📋 Grammar Structure Noun + が
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Necessary, needed, required 🎯 Primary Function To indicate that a specific noun is required or essential. 📋 Grammar Structure [Noun] + が + 必要 (です / だ / なんです など) 🎭 Usage Contexts 🏢 Formal Situations Frequently used in formal settings, business, or official contexts, often
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
