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JLPT N4 Grammar
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でも | Or something, Any... (with question words), No matter (who) |
やすい | Easy to, Likely to |
にくい | Difficult to, Hard to |
だんだん | Gradually, Little by little, Step by step |
どんどん | Progressively, Rapidly increasing, More and more |
~ら | We, Them, They, These, Those |
ていく | To ~ and go, To go on, To start |
てくる | To come to, To become, To continue, To be starting to, Has been ~ing |
かた | Way of ~ing, How to ~, Manner of ~ing |
だけで | Just by, Just with |
だが | But, Still, However, Nevertheless |
なくて | To not ~ and ~, Not ~ and ~ (Conjugations) |
なくて | Not ~ and, Not so, Because not (Examples) |
ないで | Without doing, Not ~ and ~ |
Verb[れる | Was done to ~ by ~, Done without consent, Done to one's dismay |
他動詞 | Done through action vs. occurring on its own |
なおす | To do over, To redo |
ということ | ~ing, The ~ that ~ (Nominalization) |
とき | When, At the time of |
まず | To start with, Firstly |
まで | Even, To even, To the extent of |
までに | By ~, By the time that ~, Before ~ |
また | Also, As well, Moreover, Again, Additionally |
はじめる | To start, To begin to |
おわる | To finish, To end |
ごろ | Around, About |
あとで | After, Later |
ていた | Was doing ~ |
に (Frequency) | Times (In each time period), Every, Frequency of |
とうとう | Finally, After all |
より | More than, Over |
ごとに | Each, Every, At intervals of |
なるべく | As ~ as possible, Wherever practicable |
るところだ | About to, On the verge of |
のに | Despite, Although, Even though |
とおもう | I think |
など | Such as, Things like, Etc., And so on |
みたい | Like, Similar to, Resembling |
こと | Converting a verb into a noun |
そう | Look like, Appear, Seem, Have a feeling that |
さ | Converting adjectives to nouns |
とか~とか | Among other things, For example, Such as |
そういう | Like that, Kind of |
Verb[よう] | Let's, I shall (Casual volitional) |
ようだ | It seems that, It appears that, It looks like |
ぜんぜん | (Not) at all |
かな | I wonder |
あまり~ない | Not very, Not much, Not really, Hardly |
ば | If… then, (Conditional) |
なら | Were it, If, If it's the case, As for (Conditional) |
がる | To feel, To think, To act as if, To want, To desire |
がする | To give off, Smell, Sound, Taste, Sensation |
たがる | To want to (Third person) |
かもしれない | Might, Maybe, Probably |
みたいに | Like, Similar to, Resembling |
そうに | Seem, Look like, Sound |
のように | Like (Noun), Similar to (Noun) |
〜ようと思う | I think I will, I think I shall, Going to, Gonna (Volitional + と思う) |
~にする | Adjective + する, To make something/someone (more) |
といい | I hope, I wish, You should, It would be good |
ようになる | To reach the point that, To come to be that, To turn into |
まい~のように | Almost every ~, Nearly every ~, On a ~ basis |
じゃないか | Isn't it?, Is it not? |
らしい ① | Seems like, Apparently, I heard |
ておく | To do something in advance |
がほしい | To want something, To be in need of |
てほしい | I want you to |
ときいた | I heard that |
聞こえる | To be audible, To sound (like), (Can) hear, To be heard |
見える | To be visible, To seem, To be in sight |
だす | To suddenly begin, To start doing |
~代 | Teens, Twenties, Thirties, 1910s, 20s/30s |
Number + も | Emphasis, As ~ as, Not even |
ほとんど | Almost all, Most, Hardly any, Few (Adverbial noun) |
そんな | Such a・Kind of, Something like ~ |
各 | Each, Every, Respective, Various |
以上 ① | More than (or equal to), Over・(and) above, Any more・Greater, Exceeding |
いか | Less than (or equal to), Under・(and) below, Any less・fewer, Not exceeding |
いがい | Except・besides, Other than, With the exception of |
ずっと ① | Continuously, All throughout, Entire time, Ever (since), The whole time, All the way |
だいたい | Most・mostly, Adequately・generally, For the most part, Roughly・approximately, In the first place |
のなかで | In, Among, Within |
ように | As・like, Just like |
Number/Amoun... | At least, Sort of, Or so |
なん + counter... | Some, Several, A few |
真(っ) | Completely, Exactly, Right |
Number + しか〜ない | No more than, Not exceeding, As few as・as little as, Only |
~は~の一つだ | 〜 is one of (many) 〜 |
~ない~はない | There is not ~ that is not/does not |
すこしも~ない | Not even a little, Not at all, Not in the least, Never |
すくなくない | Quite a few, Quite a lot, Many, Not a few, Not a little |
ばあいは | In the event of, In the case of |
Verb[て] | Please do for me (Casual request) |
てよかった | I'm glad that |
Verb[せる | To make/let/have (somebody do something) |
といってもいい | You could say, You might say |
ても | Even if, Even though |
てしまう | To do something by accident, To finish completely・totally, Unfortunately |
Verb[て] + B | And・and so, Due to, Because of, Since, Conjunctive |
Causative-Pa... | Verbs (Causative-passive voice), To be made to do something, To be forced to do |
Verb[て] | By, With, On, By means of, ~ing with |
てある | Something is done, Has been done, Remaining state |
ように~てほしい | Want ~ to ~ like ~, Want ~ to be able to ~, Want ~ to ~ in the way of ~ |
ているあいだに | While, During the time that ~ |
なくてもいい | Don't have to |
てみる | To try to |
てすみません | I'm sorry for |
てあげる | To do something for someone, As a favor for |
てくれる | To do something for someone (usually you) |
てもらう | To get someone to do, To have someone do |
なさい | Command to do |
Verb[て] + B | Non-sequence, And, But (Contrast), Parallel action/state |
Verb[ないで] | (Please) do not (for me), Casual request |
てくれてありがとう | Thank you for ~ ing |
てくれない | Won't you?, Will you?, Could you?, Can you?, Would you? |
~のだろうか | I wonder... |
お~になる | To do (Honorific) |
なさる | To do (Honorific) |
お~ください | Please do (Honorific) |
いらっしゃる | To be (Honorific), To come (Honorific), To go (Honorific) |
ございます | To be, To exist (Polite) |
でございます | To be, Polite copula |
お〜する | I humbly do, I am obliged to do, Humble speech |
いたす | To do (Humble) |
ていただけませんか | Won't you, Could you please (Humble request) |
たら | When, From when, Just when, If |
ほかに(も) | Other, Another, Any other, Anything else, As well as, Besides, In addition |
がひつよう | Need, Necessary |
そんなに | So (much), That much, Like that |
ひつようがある | It is necessary to |
たとえば | For example |
れる | To be able, Can (Potential) |
んだけど | But..., And... |
はずだ | Bound to (be), Expected to (be), Should be (able) |
かどうか | Whether or not, If...or not |
と | If, When, Whenever, And, [Conditional] |
ないと | Must, Have to |
はずがない | Hardly possible, Cannot be, Highly unlikely, Improbable |
しか~ない | There's only, Nothing but |
だけでなく | Not only… but also |
ことができる | Can, Be able to |
かい | Question marker |
もし | If (For emphasis) |
し~し | And, Giving reasons |
でできる | Made of, Made from, Produced from, Come from |
ながら | While ~ing, During, As |
たところだ | Just finished doing, Was just doing |
ているところだ | In the process of doing ~ right now/at this moment |
と~と、どちらが | Between ~ which one |
ようにする | To try to, To make sure to, To endeavor to |
なければいけない | Must do, Have to do |
なければならない | Must do, Have to do |
つづける | To continue |
ようにいう | To tell, request, or order to do (in such a way) |
よていだ | Plan to, Intend to |
ようにいのる | Pray that/for, Hope that/for, Keep fingers crossed that |
たばかり | Just did, Something just happened |
化する | -ification, -ization, To make something, To change, To become, Transform into |
命令形 | (Verb)!, Do (something)! |
ように | So that, In order to, In such a way that |
かしら | I wonder |
らしい ② | typical of, -ish・like, appropriate for, becoming of, befitting |
にみえる | To look, To seem, To appear |
とみえる | It seems that, It can be deduced, One can conclude that |
風 | -style, Way, Fashion |
がみられる | Can see, Can be seen, Can observe, Can be observed, Be evident, Chance to see something |
にきがつく | To notice (that), To realize (that) |
〜でも 〜でも | Whether ~ or, Neither ~ or |
それに | And, Besides, Moreover, In addition |
それで | Because of that, So?, And then?, Therefore, With that |
Question-phr... | Including questions within sentences |
それでも | But still, And yet, Even so, Nevertheless |
たらどう | Why don't you...?, What if you did...? |
とかんがえられている | Is considered, Is thought of as |
とされている | To be considered, To be deemed, Be regarded as, Be accepted as, To be said, To be accredited with |
といわれている | It is said that, Is known as |
ばよかった | Should have, I wish, It would have been better to |