JLPT N4 Grammar List

Japanese Grammar: と思う (to omou) Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning ‘I think that…’ or ‘I believe that…’ 🎯 Primary Function To express thoughts, opinions, or conjectures. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (Plain Form) + と思う Adjective (い-form) + と思う Adjective (stem) + だ + と思う Verb (ない-form) + と思う / ~とは思いません 🎭 Usage Contexts 🏢 […]

Japanese Grammar: と聞いた (to kiita) — How to say “I heard that…” Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning ‘I heard that…’ or ‘I have heard that…’ 🎯 Primary Function Reporting hearsay or information obtained through listening or reading. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (Plain form) + と聞いた/聞きました i-Adj (Plain form) + と聞いた/聞きました na-Adj + だ (Plain

Japanese Grammar Guide: ～と言われている (It is said that…) Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning It is said that… / People say that… 🎯 Primary Function Reporting hearsay, general beliefs, or social reputation without identifying a specific source. 📋 Grammar Structure Plain form + と言われている Plain form + と言われている Plain form (~だ) + と言われている ~とは言われていない (It

Japanese Grammar: ～ということ (to iu koto) Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning The fact that… / It means that… / It is said that… 🎯 Primary Function To nominalize a clause for explanation, definition, or reporting information. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (Plain/Dictionary Form) + ということ い-Adjective (Plain Form) + ということ な-Adjective + だ + ということ

Japanese Grammar: という (to iu) – “Called” or “Named” Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Called; named; that says… 🎯 Primary Function To identify something by name or to define the specific content of a noun. 📋 Grammar Structure Plain Form + という + Noun Plain Form + という + Noun Plain Form (だ) +

Japanese Grammar Guide: と言ってもいい (to itte mo ii) Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning ‘It’s not too much to say…’, ‘One might even say…’, ‘You could say that…’ 🎯 Primary Function To make a definitive or slightly exaggerated statement while softening the tone by phrasing it as a possibility. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (Plain Form)

Japanese Grammar: The Conditional Particle 「と」 (Natural Consequence) Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning The particle 「と」 (to) is a conditional marker used to express a natural consequence, an inevitable result, or a habitual action that occurs whenever a certain condition is met. It can be translated as ‘if’, ‘when’, or ‘whenever’. 🎯 Primary Function

Mastering the Japanese Grammar ても (temo) – Even if / No matter how Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Even if / No matter how… 🎯 Primary Function To express a concessive condition where the result in the second clause occurs despite the condition in the first clause. 📋 Grammar Structure Te-form + も Remove

Mastering Japanese Grammar: ～ているところ (In the Middle of) Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning In the middle of doing [action] / In the process of. 🎯 Primary Function To emphasize that an action is currently in progress at a specific point in time. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (Te-form) + いる + ところ (だ/です) Not applicable.

Japanese Grammar: ていただけませんか (Te Itadakemasen ka) Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Could you please…? / Would you be so kind as to…? 🎯 Primary Function Making a polite and humble request. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (te-form) + いただけませんか Not applicable (Use Verb te-form instead) Not applicable (Use Verb te-form instead) Verb (nai-form) + でいただけませんか

Japanese Grammar: ているところ (te-iru tokoro) – Actions in Progress Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning In the middle of doing [action] / Right in the process of… 🎯 Primary Function To emphasize that an action is currently in progress at a specific point in time. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (Te-form) + いるところ Not applicable (This

Japanese Grammar: ～てみる (Te-miru) – To Try Doing Something Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning To try doing something to see what it is like or what the result will be. 🎯 Primary Function Expressing an attempt or experimental action to gain experience or information. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (Te-form) + みる i-adj (-い) +

Japanese Grammar: ～そうな (Souna) and ～そうに (Souni) Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning ‘Looking like’ or ‘appearing to be’. It expresses a conjecture or impression based on visual information. 🎯 Primary Function To describe physical appearance or the observable state of someone or something. 📋 Grammar Structure [Verb Stem] + そうな / そうに [I-Adj Stem

てよかった (te yokatta): Expressing Relief and Gladness in Japanese Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “I’m glad that…” or “It was good that…” 🎯 Primary Function To express the speaker’s positive evaluation, satisfaction, or relief regarding a past event or state. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (て-form) + よかった i-adjective (drop い) + くて + よかった

Mastering the Nuance of ～てやる: Doing Favors with a Catch Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning To perform an action or favor (V) for the benefit of another, specifically when the speaker is in a superior social position or is acting for a non-human recipient (pets, plants). 🎯 Primary Function Indicates the directionality of an

Mastering the Apology: Japanese Grammar てすみません (Te Sumimasen) Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “I am sorry for (doing X).” or “I apologize for (X).” 🎯 Primary Function To express a specific apology by linking the reason (the V-te action) directly to the apology (すみません). 📋 Grammar Structure Verb Te-form + すみません I-adjective (remove い)

Mastering てしまう (te shimau) / ちゃう (chau): Completion and Regret Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning To finish an action completely (completion), or to do something accidentally or regretfully (regret/trouble). 🎯 Primary Function To add a nuance of finality (completion) or negative consequence (regret/accident) to a verb. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (Te-form) + しまう /

Mastering V-ておく (te oku): The Essential Japanese Grammar for Preparation and State Maintenance Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning To perform an action in preparation for a future event, or to perform an action and leave the result/state maintained. 🎯 Primary Function To indicate the purpose of an action is preparatory or to specify that

JLPT N4 Grammar: Mastering てもらう (Te Morau) – Receiving a Favor Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning To receive the benefit or favor of an action performed by someone else. Literally, ‘to receive [someone’s action].’ 🎯 Primary Function To indicate that the subject (usually the speaker) has received a favor or service from another person,

Mastering V-ていた (Te Ita): The Essential Guide to Past Continuous and Resultant States (JLPT N4/N3) Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Expresses a continuous action, habitual action, or a resultant state that existed at some point in the past. 🎯 Primary Function To place a continuous or resultant state described by the V-te iru form