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Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Speaking of…, When you talk about…, If you mean… 🎯 Primary Function Used to connect a topic that has just been mentioned (or is implied) to related information, a representative example, a question seeking clarification, or a sudden thought/association. 📋 Grammar Structure [Noun] + というと / […]
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning 「というのは」 is a versatile grammar pattern used to explain, define, or state the reason for something. 🎯 Primary Function Its primary function is to clarify the meaning of a preceding word or phrase, or to introduce the reason for a situation or action. 📋 Grammar Structure
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning It means that… / It is said that… / The fact is that… / This is what happened. 🎯 Primary Function To report information obtained from someone or somewhere, to state a conclusion based on evidence or reasoning, or to provide an explanation. 📋 Grammar Structure
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Although one says X; Even though X; Having said that; However 🎯 Primary Function To qualify or slightly contradict a preceding statement, indicating that the statement is true but only to a certain extent or with limitations. 📋 Grammar Structure [Verb (plain form)] + といっても [い-adjective
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “It would be good if…”, “Should…”, “It is better to…” 🎯 Primary Function To give advice or suggestions to someone, or to express what one hopes will happen. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (dictionary form) + といい / Verb (た form) + らいい い-Adjective + といい /
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning This pattern is used to connect a previous topic or word to something related, or to bring up a representative example or common association. 🎯 Primary Function To smoothly transition to a related topic based on what was just said, or to highlight a key example
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “It can’t be helped,” “It’s no use,” “There’s nothing that can be done.” Expresses a feeling of resignation or acceptance towards a situation or outcome that is unavoidable or irreversible. 🎯 Primary Function To indicate that an action is useless, pointless, or that a situation is
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning It’s alright if… / You may… / It doesn’t matter if… 🎯 Primary Function To express permission or indicate that a certain action or state is acceptable and will not cause an issue. It can also indicate the speaker’s lack of concern or objection. 📋 Grammar
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning It’s no use; There’s no point in; It won’t do any good. 🎯 Primary Function Expresses that doing something (or dwelling on something) is pointless, useless, or will not change the current situation or outcome. 📋 Grammar Structure [Verb て-form] + も始まらない (mo hajimarana) 🎭 Usage
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Indicates the nature, quality, characteristic, or aspect related to the preceding noun. 🎯 Primary Function To transform certain nouns, often abstract or conceptual, into な-adjectives. 📋 Grammar Structure [Noun] + 的 + だ/です (when ending a sentence) [Noun] + 的 + な + [Noun] (when modifying
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning This is not the time to be doing X. 🎯 Primary Function To express that an action is inappropriate or ill-timed given the current serious or urgent situation. It conveys a sense of crisis or urgency and often implies reproach towards the person doing the inappropriate
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Because one must not [verb] 🎯 Primary Function Used to state the reason for an action (or inaction) is that a certain behavior is prohibited or advised against. The ‘because’ clause specifies the prohibition that leads to the consequence in the main clause. 📋 Grammar Structure
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Indicates that a situation was resolved, completed, or managed by simply performing the action described by the preceding て-form verb, often implying that a worse outcome was avoided. 🎯 Primary Function To express that something was sufficient to resolve a situation, or that a situation concluded
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Expresses a strong, often uncontrollable feeling or state. Similar to “cannot help but feel/do…”, “unbearably…”, “extremely…”, or “it’s so X that I can’t stand it.” 🎯 Primary Function To emphasize the intensity of a feeling or condition, suggesting the speaker feels overwhelmed or cannot control it.
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Meaning: ‘Unless/Until X is done, Y cannot be done’ or ‘You cannot do Y unless X is done’. 🎯 Primary Function This pattern indicates that a certain action (X) must be completed as a necessary prerequisite before another action or state (Y) can occur or be
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Expresses that a new state, understanding, or action occurs or becomes possible “only after” or “not until” the preceding action is completed. 🎯 Primary Function To indicate that a specific condition (the preceding action) is a necessary prerequisite for a subsequent result, realization, or ability to
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “Try doing…” or “Go ahead and do…” 🎯 Primary Function To gently suggest or encourage someone (usually younger or lower in status) to try something, see something, or experience something. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb て-form + ごらん / ごらんなさい 🎭 Usage Contexts 🏢 Formal Situations Generally
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning To be constantly doing something; to do nothing but something. 🎯 Primary Function Expresses that someone is doing a specific action repeatedly or continuously, often implying criticism, dissatisfaction, or negativity regarding the excessiveness of the action. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb て-form + ばかりいる (or ばかりだ) 🎭
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Even if, even though, no matter how/what/when. 🎯 Primary Function Expresses that a consequence or state will hold true regardless of the preceding condition. It’s a more casual and colloquial version of ～ても (temo). 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (た form) + って い-adjective (stem + くたって)
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “For example”, “for instance” 🎯 Primary Function To introduce one or more specific examples to illustrate a general statement, idea, or concept previously mentioned. 📋 Grammar Structure Clause/Sentence A. 例えば, Clause/Sentence B (example). 🎭 Usage Contexts 🏢 Formal Situations Can be used in moderately formal contexts,
