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Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning This pattern is used to express the speaker’s desire or hope that someone else will do something. It can also apply to wishing for a certain situation or event. 🎯 Primary Function To state what the speaker wants another person (or sometimes a non-human entity/situation) to […]
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning To do something for someone else; to give the favor of doing something. 🎯 Primary Function Indicates that the subject performs an action for the benefit or advantage of the recipient, often implying the action is a favor. 📋 Grammar Structure [Verb Te-form] + あげる (ageru)
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning The ‘~て / ~で’ form, often called the ‘te-form’, is a foundational Japanese verb and adjective form that doesn’t stand alone but connects words or clauses and is used with various auxiliary verbs and particles to express a wide range of meanings. 🎯 Primary Function To
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “What would be good to do?” or “What should I do?” 🎯 Primary Function To politely ask someone for advice or suggestions on what action to take or what choice to make in a particular situation. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (~ta form) + ら いいですか い-adjective
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning How about doing…? 🎯 Primary Function To give a suggestion or advice to someone about what they should do, often in a gentle or questioning tone. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb た-form + らどう (ra dou) / どうですか (dou desu ka) / どうでしょう (dou deshou) 🎭 Usage
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Expresses a condition (“if” or “when”) or indicates a sequential action or discovery after a state/action is completed. 🎯 Primary Function To link a preceding clause (the condition or completed action) to a following clause (the result, consequence, or subsequent action). 📋 Grammar Structure Verb Past
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning To express that a third person (someone other than the speaker) desires something or wants to perform an action. 🎯 Primary Function Used to report or describe the visible desire or inclination of a third person. It often suggests the speaker is observing or inferring this
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning 自動詞 (Intransitive Verbs) describe an action or state that happens to the subject itself, without directly affecting an external object. 他動詞 (Transitive Verbs) describe an action performed by the subject that directly affects an external object. 🎯 Primary Function To express actions and states, differentiating whether
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Indicates that an action has just been completed, and a result, discovery, or new situation immediately followed or was found at that point. 🎯 Primary Function To describe the immediate consequence, discovery, or state found right after performing an action. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb（た形）＋ ところ 🎭
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “Just finished doing something” or “only just did something.” 🎯 Primary Function To indicate that an action was completed a very short time ago, often emphasizing the resulting state or feeling of recency. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (た form) + ばかり です/だ 🎭 Usage Contexts 🏢
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning This grammar pattern expresses that something appears to be in a certain state, or is likely to happen, based on what you observe. 🎯 Primary Function To describe an apparent state or a perceived likelihood based on visual cues or other observable signs. 📋 Grammar Structure
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning To express that something appears or looks a certain way, based on observation. 🎯 Primary Function Describes appearance, likelihood, or a state based on visual or sensory evidence. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (stem form) + そうだ i-Adjective (stem form, drop い) + そうだ Na-Adjective (drop な)
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “In addition to that,” “besides,” “moreover.” 🎯 Primary Function To add a subsequent point or piece of information that reinforces or complements the preceding statement. It can add another reason, another characteristic, or another event. 📋 Grammar Structure [Sentence A]. それに、[Sentence B]. (Sentence A ends in
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Even so, nevertheless, however, despite that 🎯 Primary Function To introduce a statement or situation that happens or is true despite a preceding statement or situation. 📋 Grammar Structure [Sentence/Clause 1]. それでも [Sentence/Clause 2]. 🎭 Usage Contexts 🏢 Formal Situations Can be used in moderately formal
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Means “so much,” “to that extent,” or “that much.” 🎯 Primary Function Modifies verbs, adjectives, or adverbs to express the degree or amount of something, often in response to a previous statement or shared understanding. It frequently carries a nuance of surprise, slight disbelief, or confirmation.
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “and,” “and also,” “because (among other reasons),” “what’s more” 🎯 Primary Function To connect two or more clauses, often to list reasons, facts, or parallel states/actions that support a conclusion or simply exist together. It implies that the listed items are just some of the relevant
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “As expected,” “indeed,” “even,” “just as one would expect.” 🎯 Primary Function Used to express that something is remarkable or unsurprising, given someone’s or something’s reputation, ability, or nature. さすがに functions as an adverb modifying a verb, adjective, or clause. さすがの functions like an adjectival phrase
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Please let me… / Please allow me to… 🎯 Primary Function To politely request permission from someone to allow the speaker to perform an action. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (causative て form) + ください – Group 1 Verbs: Base (ます form without ます) + せ +
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning To be forced or made to do something by someone else. 🎯 Primary Function Expresses that the subject of the sentence was unwillingly caused to perform an action by another person or entity. Often carries a nuance of burden or suffering (被害の受身 – Passive of Suffering).
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “a while ago”, “just now”, “a moment ago” 🎯 Primary Function To indicate that an action or event occurred in the very recent past. 📋 Grammar Structure さっき + [Sentence/Phrase describing a past event] 🎭 Usage Contexts 🏢 Formal Situations Less common; more formal alternatives like
