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Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “Tends to,” “prone to,” “often does,” “frequently happens.” 🎯 Primary Function To indicate that something happens frequently or has a tendency to occur, often implying that this occurrence is undesirable or a persistent habit/state. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb ます-stem + がち Noun + がち 🎭 Usage […]
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Suddenly; unexpectedly; on a whim; by chance; accidentally 🎯 Primary Function Describes an action, thought, or event that occurs spontaneously, without prior planning or conscious intention. 📋 Grammar Structure ふと + Verb/Adjective (functions as an adverb modifying the following word or phrase) 🎭 Usage Contexts 🏢
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning To pretend to be; To act as if… 🎯 Primary Function Expresses that someone is outwardly acting in a certain way, which is different from their true state, feelings, or knowledge. It indicates a discrepancy between appearance and reality. 📋 Grammar Structure Plain Form Verb/い-Adjective +
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Expresses strong will, determination, or an unavoidable situation/inability. 🎯 Primary Function Functions as an adverb to emphasize the speaker’s strong intention or the difficulty/impossibility of a situation. 📋 Grammar Structure Adverb: どうしても + [Verb/Adjective Phrase] 🎭 Usage Contexts 🏢 Formal Situations Used in both formal speech
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Expresses that a certain outcome or state will remain unchanged or unaffected, regardless of the degree or extent of the preceding condition. 🎯 Primary Function To emphasize the unchangeable nature of a result despite varying conditions or intensities. 📋 Grammar Structure どんなに + [い-adjective stem] +
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Covered in; full of; nothing but; riddled with 🎯 Primary Function To express that something is extensively and unfavorably covered with or full of something. 📋 Grammar Structure Noun + だらけ 🎭 Usage Contexts 🏢 Formal Situations Less common in highly formal writing or speech, as
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “But”, “however”, “although” 🎯 Primary Function To connect two clauses, expressing a contrast, exception, or adding a condition/soft reason. 📋 Grammar Structure Plain form of verb, i-adjective, na-adjective, or noun + だけど Verb/I-adjective: Plain form + だけど Na-adjective: (だ)だけど or なだけど (だ is often omitted in
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “not only… but also…” 🎯 Primary Function To indicate that something is true not only for the first element mentioned, but also for the second element. 📋 Grammar Structure \[Noun/Plain form verb/い-adjective/な-adjective stem + な] だけでなく、\[Clause/Phrase] 🎭 Usage Contexts 🏢 Formal Situations Can be used in
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Indicates limitation, restriction, or extent. 🎯 Primary Function To specify a limit or degree (“only”, “just”, “as much as”). 📋 Grammar Structure [Noun] + だけ [Verb (plain form)] + だけ [い-adjective] + だけ [な-adjective stem] + だけ 🎭 Usage Contexts 🏢 Formal Situations Can be used
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning The core meaning of 中 is related to “middle” or “inside”. When used as a suffix with nouns, it signifies either being “in the middle of” an ongoing action or state (read as ちゅう), or “throughout” a period of time or “all over” a place (read
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Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “Not particularly,” “not really,” “nothing in particular.” 🎯 Primary Function Used to express a partial or soft denial, or to indicate that something is not strongly felt, important, or necessary. 📋 Grammar Structure 別に + [Verb (negative plain form)] / [い-adjective (く) + ない] / [な-adjective
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 To express that something should be done, ought to be done, or is the right thing to do. 🎯 Primary Function Expresses obligation, strong recommendation, logical conclusion, or personal conviction/opinion. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb Plain Form + べきだ (する becomes すべきだ) い-adjective + い + べきだ
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 “If only…” or “I wish…”, expressing a hypothetical situation that did not happen and the resulting feeling of regret, disappointment, or surprise. 🎯 Primary Function To express a counterfactual condition and lament the outcome that resulted from that condition not being met. 📋 Grammar Structure [Verb
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 Used to express regret about something that happened or didn’t happen in the past, or to say that one wishes they had done something differently. 🎯 Primary Function To convey a feeling of regret or a hypothetical reflection on a past action (or inaction). It implies
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “If you do X, it is good” or “X is sufficient” 🎯 Primary Function To give or ask for advice or suggestions; to state a necessary or sufficient condition. 📋 Grammar Structure undefined 🎭 Usage Contexts 🏢 Formal Situations Can be used, but often in more
