✨ Basic Meaning
🎯 Primary Function
📋 Grammar Structure
🎭 Usage Contexts
Frequently used in business settings, news reporting, and formal speeches.
Common in daily talk when explaining hobbies, jobs, or why one is doing something.
Standard in essays and professional profiles.
Used to clarify one’s position before giving an opinion.
💡 Common Applications
📌 Important Points
⚠️ Common Mistakes
🏛️ Cultural Context
🔍 Subtle Differences
📝 Conjugation Notes
Always follows a Noun. When modifying another noun, it becomes ‘としての’ (e.g., 教師としての責任 – responsibility as a teacher).
🔊 Pronunciation Tips
The ‘to’ and ‘shi’ are short and crisp; do not elongate the ‘o’ in ‘to’.
🧠 Memory Tips
Think of it as ‘To’ (Particle) + ‘Shite’ (Doing). You are ‘doing’ something in the form of ‘Noun’. It functions like ‘As’ in English.
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