JLPT N3 Grammar list

Japanese Grammar: べきではない (beki de wa nai) Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Should not / Must not / Ought not to. 🎯 Primary Function To express moral obligation, social duty, or strong logical recommendation against an action. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (Dictionary Form) + べきではない (Note: する becomes すべき or するべき) [I-Adjective] + くある […]

JLPT N3 Grammar: ばかりでなく (bakari de naku) Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Not only A, but also B. 🎯 Primary Function To emphasize that a situation or quality is not limited to one thing, but extends to others as well. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (Plain form) + ばかりでなく / Noun + ばかりでなく I-adjective +

Mastering べきだ (beki da): Expressing Obligation and Strong Advice (JLPT N3) Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Should, ought to, it is proper/right to do. 🎯 Primary Function To express a sense of strong obligation, duty, appropriateness, or logical expectation. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (dictionary form) + べきだ (する becomes すべきだ or するべきだ) N/A (The

Mastering ばかりで (bakari de): Expressing Limitation and Consequence Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Only; merely; just. It implies an exclusivity of action or state. 🎯 Primary Function To emphasize the limited scope of an action or state and connect it to a related consequence, often negative or incomplete. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (Plain form:

Mastering ば～ほど (Ba~ Hodo): The N3 Grammar for “The More… The More…” Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “The more A, the more B” or “To the extent that A is true, B increases proportionally.” 🎯 Primary Function To show a direct, proportional relationship between the degree of a condition or action (A) and the

Expressing Regret and Disappointment: Japanese Grammar ば～のに (ba~noni) Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “If [X] had happened, [Y] would have been true, but it didn’t/isn’t.” It translates as “I wish X happened,” or “It’s a pity that X didn’t happen.” 🎯 Primary Function To express regret, dissatisfaction, disappointment, or gentle criticism regarding a desired

Expressing Regret: Mastering the Japanese Grammar Pattern 「〜ばよかった」 (ba yokatta) Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “I should have done X,” or “It would have been better if I had done X.” 🎯 Primary Function To express regret or a strong realization regarding a missed opportunity or a poor choice in the past. 📋 Grammar

Mastering ‘～ばいい’: Giving and Asking for Advice in Japanese Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning It would be good if…; Should; All you have to do is… 🎯 Primary Function To suggest a specific, usually easy, action or state as the optimal solution or requirement. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (Conditional ば form) + いい い-Adjective

Mastering 合う (Au): From ‘Fitting’ to ‘Doing Together’ – An Essential JLPT N3 Verb Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning To fit, to match, to suit, to be correct, to agree, or (as a suffix) to do something mutually/reciprocally. 🎯 Primary Function To express a state of harmony, correctness, compatibility, or mutual action. 📋 Grammar

Mastering あまりにも (Amari ni mo): Expressing ‘Too Much’ and ‘Excessively’ in Japanese Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “Too much,” “excessively,” “overly,” or “extremely.” 🎯 Primary Function To emphasize an extreme degree of a quality or action, often suggesting that this degree is unreasonable, undesirable, or overwhelming. 📋 Grammar Structure あまりにも + [Verb (plain form/adverb)]

Mastering Japanese Adverbs: The Essential Uses of あまり (Amari) Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “Not very,” “not much,” or “seldom.” It functions as an adverb of degree or frequency. 🎯 Primary Function To indicate a partial or low degree of a state or action, requiring a negative predicate (V-ない, A-くない, etc.) in the standard

Mastering 上げる (ageru): Lift, Give, Finish, and More Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning To raise, to lift, to increase, to give (to others), or to finish/complete an action (when used as an auxiliary verb). 🎯 Primary Function To express upward motion, an increase in degree, or the successful completion of an action. 📋 Grammar