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Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Expresses a strong conviction that something is impossible or absolutely will not happen. 🎯 Primary Function To emphatically deny the possibility of an action or state, often reflecting the speaker’s strong belief or emotion. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb ます-stem + っこない 🎭 Usage Contexts 🏢 Formal […]
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning It is nothing other than…; It is precisely…; It is simply… 🎯 Primary Function Used to strongly assert that something is definitively the case, representing the sole or true nature, cause, or identity of what precedes it. 📋 Grammar Structure [Noun/Noun-phrase/Sentence ending in plain form*] +
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “Without doubt,” “certainly,” “must be.” 🎯 Primary Function To express a very strong conviction or conclusion based on evidence or reasoning. It conveys a high degree of certainty about something being true. 📋 Grammar Structure Noun + に相違ない Verb (plain form) + に相違ない い-adjective (plain form)
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Indicates that something is limited, insignificant, or nothing more than what it is described as. 🎯 Primary Function To express that the preceding item (noun or action) is merely, only, or just something, often implying it is less significant or impactful than it might seem. 📋
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Indicates that an action is not necessary, not worth doing, or goes without saying. 🎯 Primary Function To express that the situation is so obvious, simple, or insignificant that the action described by the verb is entirely redundant or unnecessary. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (dictionary form)
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Indicates that something is the only possible course of action, the limit of what can be done, or a concluding decision. 🎯 Primary Function To express a sense of limitation (“the only thing one can do is…”) or finality/determination (“it is simply that…”). 📋 Grammar Structure
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Cannot or find it difficult to do (often due to impossibility, psychological resistance, or politeness). 🎯 Primary Function To politely decline a request or state an inability to perform an action, implying a reason such as difficulty, impossibility, or consideration for others, without being overly direct.
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning To have a tendency or inclination towards something. 🎯 Primary Function Used to indicate that someone or something has a habit or tendency, usually a negative or undesirable one. It points out a flaw, weakness, or problematic characteristic. 📋 Grammar Structure 動詞の辞書形/ない形/た形 + きらいがある 名詞 +
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Expresses the possibility or impossibility of something happening or being the case. 🎯 Primary Function To indicate that an action or state is objectively possible (~得る) or impossible (~得ない), often referring to potential outcomes or general feasibility. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb ます-stem + 得る (うる/える) /
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “Even if not X, at least Y” 🎯 Primary Function To express that while a higher or ideal state (indicated by the negative verb before ～までも) is not reached or expected, a lesser, minimum acceptable state (indicated by the clause after ～までも) is achieved, desired, or
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Even 🎯 Primary Function Used after a noun (or something treated like a noun) to highlight an extreme example (usually something expected or easy) to emphasize the severity or extent of a negative situation or lack of something. It implies that *not even* this basic/extreme thing
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “Even,” “Just,” “Merely,” “As long as” (depending on the pattern) 🎯 Primary Function To emphasize a minimal condition, element, or action, often highlighting the extremity or unexpectedness. 📋 Grammar Structure ～だに: Verb ます-stem + だに / Noun + だに / Adverb + だに ～さえ: Noun +
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Expresses a strong, persistent feeling, desire, or state that doesn’t stop or diminish. 🎯 Primary Function To emphasize the depth and continuous nature of an emotion, hope, or respect. 📋 Grammar Structure [Verb て-form] + やまない 🎭 Usage Contexts 🏢 Formal Situations Commonly used in formal
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning An auxiliary verb attached to the て-form of a verb. 🎯 Primary Function Indicates the completion of an action, or expresses the speaker’s feeling of regret, shame, or an undesirable unexpected outcome regarding the action. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb て-form + しまう 🎭 Usage Contexts 🏢
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Both ～きる and ～ぬく attach to the ます-stem of a verb to indicate the completion of an action. However, they carry distinct nuances. 🎯 Primary Function To express that an action has been completed, either fully, to its extent, or by overcoming difficulty. 📋 Grammar Structure
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Expresses a process of change or development that is currently underway. 🎯 Primary Function To indicate that something is gradually changing or moving towards a certain state or conclusion. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb ます-stem + つつある 🎭 Usage Contexts 🏢 Formal Situations Frequently used in formal
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Expresses that an action is physically, psychologically, or emotionally difficult, uncomfortable, or unpleasant to perform. 🎯 Primary Function To indicate that the subject finds it hard or uncomfortable to carry out the action described by the verb. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (ます-stem) + づらい Examples: 見る
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Difficult or hard to do; Impossible to do (due to abstract, emotional, or moral reasons, rather than physical difficulty) 🎯 Primary Function To express that performing an action or achieving a state is difficult, often due to internal feelings, moral obstacles, or inherent abstract qualities of
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning To be unable to do something; to find it difficult to do something; to be reluctant to do something. 🎯 Primary Function To politely express inability, difficulty, or reluctance to perform an action, often when declining a request or explaining a limitation. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “Rather than…”, “If it comes to doing…”, “If one must do X, then I’d rather Y”. 🎯 Primary Function To express a strong negative feeling or reluctance towards a proposed action (A) and state that a different action or state (B), possibly also negative but less
