Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Expresses that an action should not be done, or it is wrong/inappropriate to do it. 🎯 Primary Function To strongly advise against doing something, express a personal conviction that an action is wrong, or criticize someone’s actions. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb dictionary form + べきではない / […]

Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “Not only… but also…” or “besides…” 🎯 Primary Function To indicate that something is true not just for the first element mentioned, but also for a second element, adding more information or a further aspect. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (plain form) + ばかりでなく い-Adjective (plain form)

Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “Only,” “just,” “nothing but.” 🎯 Primary Function To indicate that only one thing is happening or being done, often with emphasis or a slight nuance. It can also express continuous action or a state. 📋 Grammar Structure [Verb Plain Form] ばかりで [Noun] ばかりで [い-adjective] ばかりで (Less

Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Expresses a proportional relationship: as one thing increases (or decreases), another thing also increases (or decreases) accordingly. 🎯 Primary Function To show that the degree or outcome of something changes in proportion to the degree or condition of another thing. 📋 Grammar Structure [Conditional form of

Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “too much,” “excessively,” “extremely” 🎯 Primary Function To emphasize that the degree of a state, action, or quality is far beyond what is considered appropriate, reasonable, or expected, often leading to a negative or surprising result or impression. 📋 Grammar Structure あまりにも + [Adjective (い/な)] /

Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning あまり (amari) primarily means “not very” or “not much” when used with negative forms. It can also mean “too much” or “excessively” in certain contexts, especially with positive forms or the pattern あまりの…に. 🎯 Primary Function It functions as an adverb to modify the degree of

Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Both verbs relate to movement in an upward direction or increase/completion, but differ in transitivity and specific contexts. 🎯 Primary Function To express raising/lifting/giving (transitive, 上げる) and rising/going up/being completed/entering/becoming nervous (intransitive, 上がる). They also function as suffixes to indicate completion of an action. 📋 Grammar