N3 Grammar

Master advanced Japanese grammar with our comprehensive JLPT N3 Grammar guides. Includes detailed explanations, native-level examples, and practice exercises to help you succeed in the JLPT N3 exam.

N3 Grammar

Mastering N3 Japanese: Understanding 向け (muke)

Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning For; intended for; aimed at; directed towards. 🎯 Primary Function To specify the target audience, purpose, or recipient of a product, service, information, or action. 📋 Grammar Structure [Noun] + 向け (むけ) + Noun / に + Sentence/Verb 🎭 Usage Contexts 🏢 Formal Situations Very common […]

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Exploring もしかしたら: Expressing Possibility in Japanese (N3 Grammar)

Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Perhaps, maybe, possibly, by some chance. 🎯 Primary Function To express a low to medium degree of possibility or uncertainty about a future event, a present situation, or a past event. 📋 Grammar Structure もしかしたら + [Plain form of Verb/い-Adjective/な-Adjective/Noun] + かもしれません / かもしれない / でしょう

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もしかしたら: Expressing Possibility at the JLPT N3 Level

Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Perhaps; possibly; maybe; by any chance 🎯 Primary Function To express a relatively low degree of possibility or uncertainty about a future event or current state. 📋 Grammar Structure undefined 🎭 Usage Contexts 🏢 Formal Situations Can be used in both formal and informal contexts, though

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Mastering めったに~ない: Expressing Rarity in Japanese (JLPT N3 Grammar)

Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Rarely; Seldom; Hardly ever 🎯 Primary Function To express that an action or state occurs with very low frequency. 📋 Grammar Structure めったに + [Verb/State] in Negative Form (e.g., 行かない, 怒らない, 見られない) 🎭 Usage Contexts 🏢 Formal Situations Can be used, but slightly less formal than

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Mastering まさか: Expressing Disbelief and Surprise in Japanese (JLPT N3)

Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning まさか conveys a strong sense of disbelief, surprise, or the feeling that something is highly unlikely or impossible. 🎯 Primary Function To express that you find a situation or possibility utterly unexpected, unbelievable, or that you strongly doubt it. 📋 Grammar Structure まさか functions primarily as

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Mastering まるで (Marude): Sound Like a Native Speaker!

Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Expresses that something is “exactly like,” “as if,” or “quite as if” something else. 🎯 Primary Function To strongly emphasize a comparison, often highlighting a hypothetical or contrary-to-fact situation or appearance. 📋 Grammar Structure まるで + [Nounの] + ようだ / みたいだ まるで + [Verb Plain Form/Noun/い-adjective/な-adjective

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Mastering くせに (kuseni): Expressing Criticism and Dissatisfaction in Japanese

Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “Even though…”, “Although…”, “Despite the fact that…” 🎯 Primary Function To express criticism, reproach, dissatisfaction, or a sense of incongruity regarding someone’s actions or state, implying that their action/state contradicts a preceding condition or expectation. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (Plain form) + くせに い-adjective (Plain form)

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You Don’t Have To! Mastering ことはない (Koto wa Nai) for JLPT N3

Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Expresses that something is not necessary or there is no need to do something. 🎯 Primary Function To indicate that a particular action is unnecessary or unwarranted. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (plain form) + ことはない 🎭 Usage Contexts 🏢 Formal Situations Can be used, particularly in

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Unlocking JLPT N3 Grammar: Understanding 「ことから」

Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “From the fact that…” or “Because of…”, indicating the reason, cause, or basis. 🎯 Primary Function To state the reason or origin behind a name, characteristic, event, or phenomenon. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (plain form) + ことから い-adjective (plain form) + ことから な-adjective stem + である

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Deep Dive into 込む (Komu): Understanding Nuances of Japanese Compound Verbs

Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning 込む (komu) is a verb suffix that attaches to the ます (masu) stem of other verbs. It adds various nuances, often related to moving or going “into,” becoming “crowded,” doing something “deeply” or “intensely,” or doing something “completely.” It originates from the verb 込む, meaning “to

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Mastering 切る (kiru): Complete Actions Like a Native Speaker!

Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning To complete an action entirely; to do something thoroughly or to the extreme limit. 🎯 Primary Function Attached to the ます-stem of a verb, ~切る indicates that the action is finished completely, leaving nothing undone, or that the action is performed to its fullest extent, sometimes

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