Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “And things like that,” “such as,” “or something like that.” 🎯 Primary Function To give a few examples from a larger group without listing everything. 📋 Grammar Structure [Noun] とか [Noun] とか [Verb Plain Form] とか [Verb Plain Form] とか [い-Adj Plain Form] とか [い-Adj Plain […]

Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning To think; To believe; To have an opinion 🎯 Primary Function To express one’s personal thoughts, opinions, or beliefs about something. 📋 Grammar Structure Plain form of verb/い-adjective/な-adjective/noun + と + 思う(おもう) Verb Plain Form + と 思う い-adjective Plain Form + と 思う な-adjective Plain

Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Expresses “I heard that…” or “I was told that…”. 🎯 Primary Function Used to convey information that the speaker received from another source (e.g., hearing someone say it, reading it). It indicates the information is not the speaker’s direct knowledge or opinion, but rather something they

Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “It is said that…”, “People say that…”, “It is believed that…” 🎯 Primary Function To report information, facts, or beliefs that are widely known or commonly stated, often without specifying the source. It presents information as something generally accepted or heard. 📋 Grammar Structure [Noun/Verb/い-adjective/な-adjective Plain

Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning To turn a preceding clause or sentence into a noun phrase, representing the “fact,” “meaning,” or “essence” of that clause. 🎯 Primary Function Nominalization: To make a clause function as a noun. It is often used to explain, define, summarize, or report something. 📋 Grammar Structure

Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning referred to as, called, named, meaning that, it is said that, the fact that 🎯 Primary Function Connects a preceding phrase/clause/noun to a following noun, acting as a modifier indicating the content of the preceding part. It is primarily used for quoting/reporting information indirectly, defining terms,

Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “It is okay to say that…”, “can be called…”, “might as well say…” 🎯 Primary Function This pattern is used to express that a statement or description is largely accurate, valid, or acceptable, even if it’s not perfectly precise or the absolute truth. It implies that

Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning The particle と (to) is incredibly versatile in Japanese, connecting words and ideas in several different ways. 🎯 Primary Function Connects nouns (meaning “and”), forms a conditional clause (meaning “if” or “when” with a natural outcome), introduces quoted speech or thoughts, and indicates the person or

Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning “Even if,” “even though,” “no matter how/what/where/who/when.” 🎯 Primary Function To indicate that a result or state occurs regardless of a condition, or to grant permission. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (て form) + も い-adjective (drop い + くて) + も な-adjective (drop な + で)

Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Indicates the specific “point” or “stage” of an action or event. 🎯 Primary Function To specify whether an action is about to start, currently happening, or has just finished. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb (dictionary form) + ところです/だ Verb (〜ている form) + ところです/だ Verb (〜た form) +

Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning To apologize for having done something. 🎯 Primary Function Used to express regret or apology for a specific past action or state. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb て form + すみません (sumimasen) or ごめんなさい (gomennasai – more informal) 🎭 Usage Contexts 🏢 Formal Situations Can be used

Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning This grammar pattern is attached to the Te-form of a verb and adds nuance about the action’s result or consequence. 🎯 Primary Function It primarily expresses one of three main ideas: 1. Completion of an action, often with a feeling of relief or finality. 2. Regret

Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning To do something in advance; To leave something as it is; To keep something in a certain state. 🎯 Primary Function Expresses an action done in preparation for a future event, an action done and the result maintained, or an action done temporarily. 📋 Grammar Structure

Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning To try doing something; to attempt something to see the result. 🎯 Primary Function Expresses the action of attempting to do something, often to see what the outcome will be or whether it is possible/suitable. 📋 Grammar Structure Verb て-form + 見る (みる) 🎭 Usage Contexts

Japanese Grammar Template Meaning & Usage ✨ Basic Meaning Used to indicate that someone has performed an action for the benefit of the speaker or someone within the speaker’s inner circle. 🎯 Primary Function To express gratitude or acknowledge a favor received from someone. 📋 Grammar Structure [Verb Te-form] + くれる (~kureru) 🎭 Usage Contexts