JLPT N4 Grammar List

Mastering The N4/N3 Grammar: がる / がっている (Garu / Gatteiru) Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning To show signs of [an emotion, sensation, or desire]; to appear to be [feeling a certain way]. 🎯 Primary Function To express the observable, external manifestation of a third person’s internal emotion, sensation, or desire. 📋 Grammar Structure V-stem […]

Expressing Others’ Feelings: Mastering the ‘がる (garu)’ Grammar Pattern Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning A suffix used to transform an adjective of emotion, sensation, or desire into an Ichidan (ru-type) verb, specifically to express the feelings or desires of a third person. 🎯 Primary Function To describe a third person’s internal state (feelings, desires)

Japanese Grammar: ～が必要 (ga hitsuyou) – To Need / To Be Necessary Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning To need / to be necessary. 🎯 Primary Function To state that an object or an action is required or essential. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (Dictionary form) + の/こと + が必要だ / 必要です Not applicable (Hitsuyou is

Japanese Grammar: ではないか (de wa nai ka) – Isn’t it? / Let’s… Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning ‘Isn’t it?’, ‘Shall we?’, or ‘I wonder if…’ 🎯 Primary Function To ask a rhetorical question, express an opinion, or make a formal suggestion. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (Plain form/Volitional) + ではないか I-adjective (Plain form) + ではないか

Japanese Grammar: Mastering the Conjunction ‘Demo’ (でも) Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning ‘But’ or ‘However’ (Conjunction) 🎯 Primary Function To connect two sentences where the second sentence provides contrasting information to the first. 📋 Grammar Structure Sentence 1 (Verb/Noun). Demo, Sentence 2. Sentence 1 (I-adj). Demo, Sentence 2. Sentence 1 (Na-adj). Demo, Sentence 2.

Japanese Grammar: でございます (De Gozaimasu) Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Extremely polite form of “desu” (to be). 🎯 Primary Function To state “A is B” with a very high level of politeness and respect toward the listener. 📋 Grammar Structure Noun + でございます Not applicable (usually requires adverbial form + ございます) Na-adjective Stem +

Japanese Grammar: Mastering the Versatile Verb 出す (Dasu) Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning To take out, to put out, to submit, or to suddenly start (as an auxiliary). 🎯 Primary Function To express the outward movement of an object or the sudden initiation of an action. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb Stem + 出す (To

Mastering Japanese Grammar: だけで (Dake de) Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning ‘Just by…’, ‘Only with…’, or ‘Just doing…’ 🎯 Primary Function To emphasize that a single action or condition is sufficient to cause a result or state. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (Dictionary form) + だけで I-adjective (Dictionary form) + だけで Na-adjective + な +

Japanese Grammar: Mastering ばかり (bakari) Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning ‘Bakari’ is a versatile particle primarily used to indicate that someone does ‘nothing but’ a certain action, that a state is ‘only’ one way, or that an action has ‘just’ been completed. 🎯 Primary Function To express exclusivity (only/nothing but), recent completion (just), or

Japanese Grammar: 場合は (baai wa) – In the case of… Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning ‘In the case of…’, ‘In the event of…’, ‘If…’ 🎯 Primary Function To set a specific condition or hypothetical situation and describe the resulting action or consequence. 📋 Grammar Structure [Verb Dictionary/Ta-Form] + 場合は [I-Adjective Dictionary Form] + 場合は

Japanese Grammar: Mastering the Conditional Form ~ba (～ば) Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning If / Provided that / When (Conditional form) 🎯 Primary Function To express a necessary condition that leads to a specific result or consequence. 📋 Grammar Structure Group 1: [u] -> [e] + ば; Group 2: [ru] -> [reba]; Group 3:

Japanese Grammar: 後で (ato de) Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning After doing something; later. 🎯 Primary Function To indicate the chronological order of two events or actions. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (た form) + 後で / Noun + の + 後で Not used directly with i-adjectives. Not used directly with na-adjectives. Verb (なかった form)

Japanese Grammar Guide: あまり～ない (Amari ~ nai) Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Not very, not much, not really. 🎯 Primary Function An adverb used with a negative predicate to soften a denial or describe a low degree/frequency. 📋 Grammar Structure あまり + [Verb ない-form] / [Verb ません] あまり + [I-Adj stem] + くない /

Mastering Japanese Grammar: 間に (Aidani) – While / During Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning ‘While’ or ‘During a time when…’ 🎯 Primary Function To indicate that an action or event occurs within a specific time interval or during a continuous state. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (Dictionary/Te-iru form) + 間に I-adjective + 間に Na-adjective +

Japanese Grammar: 間 (Aida) – During / Throughout a Period Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning ‘Aida’ (間) means ‘while’ or ‘during’ a certain period. It indicates that a state or action continues throughout the entire duration of another action or state. 🎯 Primary Function To express that a state or action lasts for the