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Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning and so on, etc., things like… 🎯 Primary Function To list examples of items, implying that the list is not exhaustive and there are other similar items not mentioned. 📋 Grammar Structure Noun + など Noun + など + Particle (e.g., が, を, に, も) 🎭 […]
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning The basic meaning of するな (suru na) is ‘Don’t do’. It’s a direct and often forceful way to tell someone not to perform an action. 🎯 Primary Function To express a strong prohibition or a direct command for someone to stop or not perform a specific
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning も (mo) is a particle that adds a sense of inclusion, addition, or emphasis to the word or phrase it follows. 🎯 Primary Function It functions primarily to indicate that something else is true or applies in the same way, or to emphasize the degree of
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Seems like; Looks like; Appears that; Is like; Similar to 🎯 Primary Function To express a conjecture (guess) based on what you see or feel, or to express similarity. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (Plain form) + みたいだ i-adjective (Plain form) + みたいだ na-adjective (remove な) +
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Like, similar to, as if 🎯 Primary Function Used to express similarity or comparison, to give examples, or to convey a subjective impression or feeling. 📋 Grammar Structure Noun + みたいに Verb (plain form) + みたいに い-adjective (plain form) + みたいに な-adjective + みたいに 🎭 Usage
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Expresses similarity to something or gives an example of something. 🎯 Primary Function To connect a noun, な-adjective stem, or い-adjective to a following noun, indicating that the following noun is *like* or *an example of* the preceding element. 📋 Grammar Structure [Noun] + みたいな +
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “or” 🎯 Primary Function To connect two or more nouns, noun phrases, or clauses, indicating a choice or alternative between them. 📋 Grammar Structure Noun A または Noun B Clause A または Clause B 🎭 Usage Contexts 🏢 Formal Situations Frequently used in formal speech, presentations,
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “as is,” “without changing,” “in the same state.” 🎯 Primary Function To indicate that an action occurs or a state persists while a previous state or condition is maintained. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (た-form) + まま Verb (ない-form) + まま Noun + の + まま い-adjective
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Indicates a time limit or deadline by which an action or state must be completed. 🎯 Primary Function To specify the time by which an action must be finished or an event must occur. 📋 Grammar Structure N (time/event) + までに V (plain form) + までに
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning The basic meaning of 急に (きゅうに) is “suddenly,” “abruptly,” or “quickly and unexpectedly.” 🎯 Primary Function It functions as an adverb, modifying verbs and adjectives to indicate that an action or state change happened suddenly or without prior warning. 📋 Grammar Structure 急に + Verb /
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “To make something become [adjective/noun]” or “to cause something to be [adjective/noun]”. It expresses bringing about a change in state or condition of an object or person. 🎯 Primary Function To describe a transitive action where the subject causes a change in the state or condition
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning To decide to do something; to make a resolution. 🎯 Primary Function Expresses the speaker’s personal decision or resolution to do something, often made at that specific time or recently. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (Dictionary Form) + ことにする 🎭 Usage Contexts 🏢 Formal Situations Can be
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning It has been decided that…; It turns out that…; The result is that… 🎯 Primary Function To express a decision, outcome, or situation that has been decided or is the natural result of circumstances, rules, or someone else’s actions, often without the speaker’s direct will or
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “can do”, “to be able to do”, “it is possible to do” 🎯 Primary Function To indicate that someone or something possesses the ability to perform an action, or that an action is possible. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (Plain Form) + ことができます 🎭 Usage Contexts 🏢
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “There are times when…” or “have the experience of…” 🎯 Primary Function To express either a past experience or something that happens occasionally or sometimes. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (casual past tense, た form) + ことがある (koto ga aru) 🎭 Usage Contexts 🏢 Formal Situations Can
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Approximately; around; about (time or period) 🎯 Primary Function To indicate an approximate point in time or a general period during which something happens or happened. 📋 Grammar Structure Structure 1: Noun + の + 頃（ころ） Structure 2: Verb (た形 – past tense) + 頃（ころ） Structure
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning きっと is an adverb used to express the speaker’s strong conviction, certainty, or belief that something is highly probable or will definitely happen. 🎯 Primary Function To add emphasis to a statement, indicating a high degree of confidence in the truth or outcome of the statement
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Indicates the material or ingredient used to make something. 🎯 Primary Function To explicitly state the source material or main ingredient of an item. 📋 Grammar Structure [Material/Ingredient] から 作る (kara tsukuru) 🎭 Usage Contexts 🏢 Formal Situations Commonly used in descriptions of products, ingredients, or
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Expresses uncertainty, doubt, or a gentle question. 🎯 Primary Function To indicate the speaker is wondering about something, questioning themselves, or asking a very soft, often rhetorical, question. 📋 Grammar Structure Plain form of verb/い-adjective/な-adjective/Noun + かな Verb: 食べるかな (Will I eat, I wonder?) い-adjective: 難しいかな
Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “Might,” “maybe,” “possibly,” “there is a possibility that…” 🎯 Primary Function To express conjecture or possibility about a future event or current situation. It indicates that the speaker thinks something is possible, but they are not certain. 📋 Grammar Structure [Plain form of Verb] + かもしれない
