JLPT N4 Grammar List

Mastering させてください (Sasete kudasai): Asking for Permission in Japanese Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning ‘Please let me (do something)’ or ‘Please allow me to (do something)’. 🎯 Primary Function Politely asking for permission or allowance to do an action yourself. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (Causative て-form) + ください Not applicable (usually applies to verbs). […]

Mastering the Japanese Causative Form: させる (Saseru) Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning The causative form ‘saseru’ indicates making someone do something (coercion) or letting someone do something (permission/allowance). 🎯 Primary Function To express that a subject causes an object to perform an action or enter a state. 📋 Grammar Structure Group 1: Verb (A-form)

Japanese Grammar: させられる (Saserareru) – The Causative-Passive Form Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning To be made to do something / To be forced to do something. 🎯 Primary Function Combines the causative (making someone do something) and passive (something being done to you) to show the subject was forced into an action. 📋 Grammar

Japanese Grammar: Sakki (さっき) – A Little While Ago Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning A little while ago; just now. 🎯 Primary Function An adverb of time used to indicate a point in the immediate past, typically ranging from a few minutes to a few hours ago. 📋 Grammar Structure さっき + [Verb (Past

Mastering the Japanese Suffix ~さ (sa): Turning Adjectives into Nouns Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning The suffix ~さ (sa) is attached to the stem of adjectives to convert them into nouns, indicating a degree, quality, or objective measure. 🎯 Primary Function Nominalization (turning adjectives into nouns). 📋 Grammar Structure Noun-forming suffix used primarily with

Japanese Grammar: らしい (rashii) – Expressing Hearsay and Typicality Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning ‘Rashii’ (らしい) is used to express hearsay, conjecture based on external information, or to describe something that possesses the typical characteristics of a certain category. 🎯 Primary Function To express probability based on evidence or to define ideal/typical qualities. 📋

Mastering the Japanese Passive Voice: られる (rareru) Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning The passive voice (Ukemi). It describes an action where the subject is the recipient or the victim of the action. 🎯 Primary Function To change the perspective of a sentence so that the receiver of the action becomes the subject. 📋 Grammar

Mastering the Japanese Verb “Owaru” (終わる): To Finish or End Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning To end, to finish, or to complete. 🎯 Primary Function To indicate the conclusion of a state, event, or action. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb Stem + 終わる / Noun + が + 終わる Not applicable. Not applicable. Noun +

Japanese Grammar: 〜おきに (At intervals of) Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning At intervals of / every (leaving a gap). 🎯 Primary Function Expressing repetitive intervals in time or space. 📋 Grammar Structure [Quantity/Number Noun] + おきに Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable 🎭 Usage Contexts 🏢 Formal Situations Common in medicine instructions, transport schedules,

Japanese Grammar: お～になる (Honorific Form) Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning To do (Honorific form) 🎯 Primary Function To elevate the subject of the sentence (Sonkeigo – Respectful Japanese). 📋 Grammar Structure お + Verb Stem + になる Not applicable. This pattern is used only with verbs. Not applicable. This pattern is used only with

Japanese Grammar: お～ください (Polite Requests) Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning A respectful way to ask or invite someone to do something. 🎯 Primary Function To make a polite request or invitation using honorific Japanese (Sonkeigo). 📋 Grammar Structure お + Verb [masu-stem] + ください Not applicable. This structure is only used with verbs. Not

Japanese Grammar: のは〜だ (No wa ~ da) – Emphasis and Focus Sentences Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning ‘The one that…’, ‘The thing that…’, ‘It is X that…’ 🎯 Primary Function To create focus/cleft sentences that emphasize a specific noun or reason. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (plain form) + のは + [Noun] + だ/です い-adjective

Mastering “のに” (noni): Expressing Surprise and Contradiction in Japanese Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Despite / Although / Even though / In spite of 🎯 Primary Function To connect two clauses where the second clause contradicts the expectation established by the first clause, often with an emotional undertone. 📋 Grammar Structure [Verb Plain Form]

Japanese Grammar: のに (noni) – Expressing the Unexpected Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Even though, although, despite. 🎯 Primary Function To connect two clauses where the second clause contradicts the expectation established by the first. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (Casual form) + のに i-Adjective + のに na-Adjective + な + のに Verb-ない / Adjective-くない

Japanese Grammar: Master the Superlative ‘no naka de’ (の中で) Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Among, in, or out of a group/category. 🎯 Primary Function To define the range, scope, or group for a selection or comparison. 📋 Grammar Structure [Verb-Dictionary Form] + の + 中で [I-Adjective] + の + 中で (requires nominalization) [Na-Adjective] +

Japanese Grammar: ~にくい (Difficult to Do) Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning ‘Hard to’ or ‘Difficult to’. 🎯 Primary Function To describe that an action is difficult, awkward, or unlikely to happen smoothly due to the nature of an object or situation. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb [Stem form] + にくい (Nikui) Not applicable (This grammar

Japanese Grammar: にする (ni suru) Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning To decide on; to choose; to make (something) into a certain state. 🎯 Primary Function Expressing a choice, decision, or intentional transformation of state. 📋 Grammar Structure [Noun] + にする / [Verb-Dictionary Form] + ことにする [i-adj (remove い)] + く + する [na-adj] +

Japanese Grammar: に見える (ni mieru) – To Look Like / Appear Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning To look like; to appear to be. 🎯 Primary Function Expressing visual impressions and resemblances. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (Te-form) + 見える / Verb (Dictionary form) + ように見える I-Adjective (remove ~i) + く見える Na-Adjective Stem + に見える Noun

Mastering Japanese Grammar: に気がつく (ni ki ga tsuku) Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning To notice, to realize, or to become aware of something. 🎯 Primary Function To express the moment someone becomes conscious of information, a situation, or a physical presence. 📋 Grammar Structure Noun / [Verb-plain] + こと/の + に気がつく [い-Adj] + こと/の

Advanced Honorifics: The Verb なさる (nasaru) Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning To do (Honorific/Sonkeigo) 🎯 Primary Function To elevate the person performing the action (Subject Honorifics). 📋 Grammar Structure [Noun] + なさる / [Honorific Prefix お/ご] + [Noun] + なさる / [Verb Stem] + なさる (less common than suru) Not applicable. Not applicable. なさらない