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Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning In / Under (a certain situation or condition); Even in / Even under (a certain situation or condition – for にあっても) 🎯 Primary Function To specify a particular situation, condition, or environment in which something occurs or exists. It often serves to highlight the significance, difficulty, […]
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning At, in, on, during, concerning, regarding. 🎯 Primary Function Used to indicate the location, time, or specific situation/field where an action or event takes place. It adds a formal or objective tone. 📋 Grammar Structure 名詞 + において (N + において) 🎭 Usage Contexts 🏢 Formal
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “in”, “at”, “on”, “regarding”, “concerning”, “in the context of”, “at the time of”, “in the place of” 🎯 Primary Function Indicates the place, time, field, scope, or condition where an action or state occurs or applies. Primarily functions adjectivally, modifying the following noun. 📋 Grammar Structure
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning At the time of; On the occasion of; When (a significant event or situation occurs) 🎯 Primary Function To indicate the timing of an action or statement coincides with a specific, often important or formal, event or situation. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb dictionary form + に際して
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “According to,” “following,” “in accordance with,” or indicating that something changes or happens as something else changes or progresses. 🎯 Primary Function To express that an action, state, or result follows or conforms to a rule, instruction, plan, or external change/progression. 📋 Grammar Structure Noun +
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Following along; in accordance with; according to. 🎯 Primary Function Indicates that an action or situation proceeds along a physical line/path or conforms to rules, plans, expectations, or standards. 📋 Grammar Structure [Noun] + に沿って 🎭 Usage Contexts 🏢 Formal Situations Very common in business, legal,
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Centering around, concerning, regarding, over (a dispute/issue) 🎯 Primary Function To indicate the central topic, issue, or location that is the focus of discussion, conflict, or related events. 📋 Grammar Structure Noun + をめぐって 🎭 Usage Contexts 🏢 Formal Situations Highly common in news reports, official
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “Based on”, “drawing from”, “using as a basis or foundation”. 🎯 Primary Function Indicates the source material, information, or foundation upon which something is created, decided, or done. 📋 Grammar Structure [Noun] + をもとに + [Verb/Noun] [Noun] + をもとにして + [Verb/Noun] 🎭 Usage Contexts 🏢 Formal
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Based on; According to; On the basis of 🎯 Primary Function Indicates the foundation, standard, source, or criteria upon which an action, judgment, decision, or statement is made. 📋 Grammar Structure [Noun] + に基づいて (ni motozuite) [Noun] + に基づき (ni motozuki) – More formal/literary [Noun] +
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning There is a possibility that (something undesirable) will happen. 🎯 Primary Function To express concern or warning about a potential negative outcome, risk, or undesirable consequence. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (ます form, stem only) + かねない 🎭 Usage Contexts 🏢 Formal Situations Commonly used in formal
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Cannot help but do; have no choice but to do; must do (due to circumstances) 🎯 Primary Function To express that one is compelled or forced to perform an action due to external circumstances, lack of alternatives, or necessity, often against one’s will or preference. 📋
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Expresses a strong denial or refusal; “Absolutely not,” “There is no way,” “As if I would.” 🎯 Primary Function To emphatically state the speaker’s firm intention or determination not to do something, often with a strong emotional tone (anger, scorn, defiance). 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (Plain
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Expresses strong negation, meaning ‘surely not’, ‘it’s not likely that’, ‘it can’t be’, or ‘it’s not as if it is X’. It denies the likelihood or possibility of something being the case. 🎯 Primary Function To emphatically state that something is not true, not possible, or
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Used to express the speaker’s strong conviction, based on logical reasoning or factual evidence, that something is impossible or cannot possibly be the case. 🎯 Primary Function To state with certainty that a particular situation, event, or fact is logically impossible or highly improbable. 📋 Grammar
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Expresses a strong denial or logical impossibility. It means “there is no way that…”, “it’s impossible that…”, or “it cannot possibly be…” 🎯 Primary Function To emphatically state that something is logically impossible or certainly not true, based on known facts, common sense, or reasoning. 📋
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning is not, not being 🎯 Primary Function Negates nouns and な-adjectives, often with a slightly more formal, objective, or definitive nuance, particularly in written contexts or specific grammatical structures. Frequently used to form negative conditions or modify subsequent elements. 📋 Grammar Structure Noun + でない な-adjective
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Indicates that an action or event that was expected, planned, or desired did not happen in the end. 🎯 Primary Function To express regret, disappointment, or simply the state of something being left undone or unattempted. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb in ない form (drop い) +
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “Should not,” “must not,” “unfitting for,” “unworthy of.” 🎯 Primary Function To strongly express condemnation or judgment that an action is highly inappropriate, unethical, or violates the standards expected of someone in a particular role, position, or as a human being. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (Dictionary
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Indicates that an action or decision is carried out strictly following or conforming to rules, laws, principles, or customs. 🎯 Primary Function To express that an action or decision is done “in accordance with,” “based on,” or “following” established rules, laws, principles, or traditions, often implying
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Cannot help but do/feel; bound to do/feel; cannot refrain from doing/feeling. 🎯 Primary Function To express an uncontrollable urge, strong emotion, or an internal necessity that compels one to perform an action or experience a feeling. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb in ない form + ではいられない *
