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JLPT N3 Grammar
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ばいい | Can, Should, It'd be good if |
たらいい | It would be nice if, It would be good if, Should, I hope |
中 | During, While, Throughout, In the process of |
の間に | While, During, Between, Period |
うちに | While, During |
ないうちに | Before it becomes, Before ~ occurs, Without |
べき | Must, Should , Ought to |
べきではない | Should not, Must not , Ought not to |
って | As for, Speaking of, Casual は (Sentence topic marker) |
なかなか | Very, Quite, Considerably |
あまり | So much...that |
なかなか~ない | Not really, Hardly, Not easily or readily, By no means, Far from |
によると | According to |
によって | By means of, According to, Depending on, Because of, Due to |
全く~ない | Not~at all |
ことだ | Should, Ought |
そうだ | I heard that, It is said that |
すると | Having done..., If...is done..., (And/just) then, Thereupon, If so |
そうすると | Having done that..., If that is done..., (And/just) then, Thereupon, If so |
のはXの方だ | It is...that..., It is...who..., ...is the one that..., ...is the one who... |
Noun+型 | Model, Type, Pattern, Kind, Shape, Size(d) |
てごらん | (Please) try to, (Please) look |
Particle + の | Combined particles |
である | Formal or literary だ, Authoritative, Copula |
ところが | Even so, However, Even though, But |
ところで | By the way, Incidentally |
ほど | The more, About, To the extent that, So much… that |
ば〜ほど | The more…the more |
ほど~ない | Is not as…as, Isn't... like..., Not to the extent of... |
では | If so, Well (then), In that case |
のに | In order to |
ため(に) | For, For the sake of, In order to |
ために | Due to, Because of, As a result of |
という | Called, Named, Known as, As much as |
ということだ | I heard that, Rumor has it that, It is said that, It means that |
というのは | ~ Known as ~ is, ~ Called ~ is, ~ Means ~, Because |
的 | ~ly・~like・~al, Typical |
もの | Because, Cause |
ものだ | Supposed to, Should, That's the way it is |
最中に | In the middle of |
上で | After, Upon |
おかげで | Thanks to, Because of |
にもとづいて | Based on, In accordance with |
点 | Aspect, Respect, Point, Way, In terms of, In that, From the point of view |
なぜなら〜から | Because, The reason is, That is because |
こそ | For sure, For certain, Even more so, Underlined or bolded text |
からこそ | Emphasized because, Precisely because |
ばかり | Just, Only, Nothing but |
ばかりだ | (Only) continue to, Keep on -ing, More and more |
ばかりに | Simply because, Only because, Just because, Simply on account of |
ことがある | Something is possible, Sometimes, Occasionally, There are times when |
ことにする | To decide on, Have decided to |
ことなの | (A) is (Description of A), (A) means that (Description of A) |
ことになる | It will end up being, It is the result of, It has been decided that |
~は~で有名 | Is famous for |
ことはない | There is no need to, Never happens |
~と言っても | Although ~ might say that ~ |
といえば | Speaking of, If it were the case that |
合う | To or for one another, Mutually, With |
に合わせて | In accordance with, Matching, Fitting, Suitable for, Adjust or tune to |
について | Concerning, About, Regarding |
~(の)姿 | Figure, Shape, Appearance, Looks, Wearing, Dressed in, Presence |
と言える | Would or could say that..., Can probably say that..., Fair to say that... |
ちゃんと | Properly, Neatly, Orderly, Sufficiently, Decently |
そのため(に) | For that reason, Because of that, To that end |
その結果 | As a result |
に比べて | Compared to, When compared to |
どんなに〜ても | No matter how |
いくら〜でも | No matter how (much) |
〜かは〜によって違う | Depends on, Changes depending on, Differ depending on |
かなり | Quite, Considerably, Pretty, Fairly |
あまりに | So much...that, (Way) too... |
わけだ | For that reason, No wonder, As you'd expect, Naturally, Thus, This is why |
わけではない | It doesn't mean that, It is not the case, It's not like |
と同時に | At the same time as, The instant, The moment, As well as |
ところだった ① | Almost, Nearly, About to, On the verge of |
だって | I heard/was said, Because, But, Even or also, Even if or even though |
んだって | I heard that, He or She said that |
関係がある | (Not) involved with, (Not) concerned with, (No) connection with, (No) relationship with, (Not) related to |
に関する | Related to, About, Regarding |
に対して | In contrast to, While, In regard to, Whereas |
くらい ② | To the extent that, So…that, About the only thing that... |
は~くらいです | About the only, To the extent that |
さ - Interjec... | All right, There we go, Now, You see, Well (I don't know, let me see) |
さ - Filler | Like, You know, You see, Listen, Uhh |
さ - Casual よ | Casual よ |
それぞれ | Each, Respectively |
まま(に) | As is, While remaining, Left in a state |
そこで | Accordingly, Now, Therefore, To that end |
しかない | Have no choice but, Only, Just |
てもかまわない | It doesn't matter if, I don't mind |
~ても~なくても | Whether ~ or not |
わけがない | There is no way, There is no reason, It is impossible, Cannot be |
としたら | If it were the case that, Assuming that... |
として | As (i.e. in the role of), For |
にしては | (Even) considering, (Even) for |
にしても | Even though, Even if, Even when, Also |
~というのは事実だ | It is a fact that ~, There is no doubt that |
から言うと | Speaking in terms of, From the point of view of |
に取って | To, For, Concerning |
ことから | From the fact that |
というより | ...is more of a... than a..., Rather than saying that... |
はもちろん | Not only but also, Let alone, Not to mention, Of course |
をはじめ | Not only...but also..., Starting with |
て初めて | For the first time, Not until, Only after, Only when, Only because |
さえ | Even |
さえ〜ば | If only…then, As long as..., Provided..., Only thing ... needs for ... is ... |
たものだ | Used to |
さて | Well, Well then |
むしろ | Rather, Instead, Over |
つまり | In short, To sum up, In other words |
即ち | In other words, That is, Namely |
却って | All the more, On the contrary, Conversely |
まるで…ようだ | It is entirely as if, It is just as though |
ような気がする | Have a feeling that |
とても~ない | Not ~ at all, Cannot ~ at all |
別に〜ない | Not really, Not particularly, It's not like... |
ばかりでなく | Not only…but also, As well as |
ではなくて | Not A but B, Conjunctive |
だけでなく(て)~も | Not only ~ but ~ also, Not just ~ but ~ also |
だけしか | To emphasize '~only', Nothing but |
は言うまでもない ① | It goes without saying (that), (It is) needless to say, I don't need to remind you |
決して〜ない | Never, By no means |
わけにはいかない | Cannot afford to, No way, Impossible to do |
〜ようとしない | Not willing to, Not make an effort to, To not attempt or try to, Volitional + としない |
もしかしたら | Perhaps, Maybe, Possibly |
たとえ〜ても | Even if…is the case, Supposing that |
ことに | Extremely, Especially, To my ... |
ことか | How…, What..., God knows... |
~かというと ① | Why? Well..., Why? Because..., If you ask me why..., The reason why is..., It is because... |
~かというと ② | If you ask me..., If I had to say, If I were to say, If I were to choose one, I'd rather |
で言うと | In, Of, According to |
~ずつ | One at a time, Per, Each, Gradually |
ずっと ② | By far, Way, Far...er, Far...more |
だらけ | Completely covered in, Full of |
もっとも | Although, But, However, For all that, Provided that |
再び | Again, Once more, A second time |
み | ~ness, Used to indicate conditions or nature |
と同じくらい | About the same as, About as, No less |
と同じで | Like, Similar to, Unlike, Dissimilar to |
と並んで | In line with, Comparable with, Along with, Just like, As … as |
に違いない | There is no doubt that, I'm sure |
当たり | Per~, A~, Apiece, Each |
に当たる | Correspond to, Amounts to, Equals to, Is appropriate |
に限る | Nothing better than, There's nothing like, Limited to |
とは限らない | Not necessarily so, Is not always true, There is no guarantee that |
めったに〜ない | Hardly, Rarely, Seldom |
割に | Although, Despite, Rather...for, Unexpectedly, Comparatively, Considering |
Verb[volitio... | Try to, Attempt to, To be about to |
Verb[volitio... | Tried to ~ but ~, Was about to ~ but ~, Was going to ~ but ~ |
言うまでもない ② | It goes without saying, It is needless to say, Of course, Obviously |
そうもない | Very unlikely to, Does not seem that, Does not appear that |
ないことはない | Is not impossible, It doesn't mean that it isn't |
なんか | Such as, Things like, Emphasis |
又〜も | Moreover, Additionally, And also, In addition, Furthermore, Or |
ついでに | While you are at it, On the occasion |
と共に | Together with, At the same time, As well as |
につれて | As…then, In proportion to, (Along) with |
直ちに | At once, Immediately, As soon as |
たとたんに | The instant or moment, As soon as, Just as |
おきに | Repeated at intervals, Every other, Every, At intervals of |
たびに | Each time, Every time, Whenever |
あるいは | Or, Possibly, Maybe, Perhaps, Or possibly |
ながらも | But, Even while, Even though, Despite, Although |
において | In, On, At, Regarding, In terms of |
第一 | Start, First (point), Foremost, To begin with |
ますます | Increasingly, More and more, Decreasingly, Less and less, Keep -ing |
一方だ | More and more, Continue to, Keep on, -er and -er |
一方で | On the other hand, At the same time, While |
遂に | Finally, At last |
すでに | Already, Too late |
ずに | Without doing |
ずにはいられない | Cannot help doing something, Cannot resist doing something |
なし | Without, No |
考えられない | Unthinkable, Inconceivable, Unimaginable, Cannot think |
必ずしも | Not always, Not entirely, Not necessarily |
連用形 | Formal Conjunctive |
向き | Suitable for, Facing |
向け | Intended for, Aimed at |
上がる | Something is finished, To finish something, Something has come to an end, To do something completely, To do something through |
切る | To do something completely to the end, Utterly, Resolutely |
切れない | Being unable to finish or complete |
きり | Only, Just, Since |
かけ | Half-, Not yet finished, About to, Begin to |
にかけて | Over (a period), From ~ until, Through |
たて | Freshly ~ed, Just ~ed |
込む ① | To go into, To put into |
込む ② | Remain, To do thoroughly, Deeply, Intensely |
ふりをする | To pretend, To act as if |
できれば | If possible |
でよければ | If it is alright, If you don't mind, If you would like, If possible |
次第 | As soon as |
とおり | In that way, Exactly, Precisely, Just as |
でもある | Be also, It also is |
どうしても | Regardless of, No matter what |
もしも~なら | If, Supposing |
同士 | Fellow, With each other, Mutually, Between, Among, Together, With |
がたい | Hard to, Difficult to |
まさか | I never dreamed, Never, No way, Don't tell me, You don't say |
前者は | The former ~ the latter, The first ~ the second |
つい | Accidentally, Unconsciously, Against one's better judgement |
せいで | Because of, Due to, Blame |
くせに | Even though, And yet, Despite |
がち | Apt to do, Tend to do, Prone to do |
ぎみ | Looking, Feeling a little, Touch of, Tending to, Slightly |
っぽい | -ish, -like, Characteristic of, Typical of, Tendency to |
っぱなし | Leaving something in a certain state, Left as is, Keep on -ing |
わざわざ | Expressly, Especially, Go out of one's way, Take the trouble to |
一体 | (What) the heck?, (Who) in the world?, (Where) on earth?, (How many) f*ing... |
折角 | With trouble, At great pains, Take the trouble, Might as well..., Rare/long-awaited occasion |
っけ | What is…again?, Was it... that... ?, Did you say...? |
代わりに | Instead of, In place of, In exchange for |
に代わって | In place of, On behalf of, To succeed |
どころか | Far from, Anything but |
という理由で | For (that) reason; on the grounds of (that), With the reasoning, Under the pretext of, Due to |
~は~となっている | It is (has been), Have/has become, Happen to be, Has been established |
左右する | Influence, Impact, Control |