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JLPT N2 Grammar
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得る | Is able to, Can, Possible |
〜得ない | Unable to, Cannot |
ざるを得ない | Can't help doing, Have no choice but |
つもりで | With the intention of doing, Instead of..., Act as if or pretend, Believing that..., Thinking that... |
どうせ | Anyhow, At any rate, In any case, I have no doubt that, Probably |
せめて | At least |
どうやら | Apparently, Looks Like, Seems like |
よりほかない | To have no choice but, No other way than, Have to |
確かに | Surely, Certainly |
一応 ① | Just in case, Just to be sure |
一応 ② | more or less, for the time being, tentatively・roughly |
に相違ない | Without a doubt, Certainly, Surely, Not mistaken |
万が一 | Just in case, In the worst-case scenario, In the unlikely event, By any chance |
ようがない | There's no way to, It's impossible to |
にほかならない | Nothing but, None other than, Simply |
っこない | There is no chance of, There is no way of, Impossible |
それなら | Then, If that's the case |
ものなら① | If, If one could, If something would be possible |
~を~に任せる | Leave 〜 up to, Entrust 〜 to |
活かす | To make use of (something), To take full advantage of, To capitalize on, To leverage (skills), Bring out (the quality of) |
まい | Won't, Intend not to, Probably not |
上 | From the standpoint of |
上に | As well, Besides, In addition to |
以上 ② | Since, Now that, As long as, If |
以上に | More than, No less than, Even more |
途中に | On the way, Partway, In the middle of |
中を | In, On, Into, Inside of |
を中心に | Focused on, Centered on or around, Mainly, Most notably |
その上 | Besides, In addition, Furthermore |
上は | Once, Since, Now that, As long as |
の下で | Under, Under the supervision of, On the basis of |
後(の) Noun | …left, Rest, Remaining, In, …to, …else |
手前 | Before, In front of, From one's standpoint or side |
を巡って | Concerning, In regard to, About, (Split) over |
にわたって | Across, Throughout, Extends, Over (a period of time or range) |
に沿って | Along, In accordance with, In line with |
た末 | After, As a conclusion of |
にしたがって | As, Following, As then, According to, In accordance with |
に伴って | As, Due, Along with, Hand-in-hand with, Resulted in, Be consequent upon |
につき | Due to, On account of, Each or every |
につけ | Whenever, Every time something happens |
にかかわる | To relate to, To have to do with, Concerning, Depends on |
に向かって | Towards, To face, To head to |
が気になる | To be interested in, To be concerned about |
に気をつける | Take care, Be careful, Pay attention, Make sure, Watch out |
も構わず | Without worrying about |
かねる | Cannot, Be unable to, Hard to, Hesitant to |
かねない | Might, Could be, Capable of, Possible |
を除いて | Except, With the exception of, Unless |
にかかわらず | Regardless of, Whether or, No matter, With or without |
にもかかわらず | Despite, In spite of, Regardless, Nevertheless |
に限って | Particularly when, Those who, Only when |
に限らず | Not just, Not only… but also |
なお① | Still, Even, Yet |
なお② | In addition, Incidentally, Furthermore, Moreover |
限り | As long as, While… is the case, Limited to |
次第だ | Depending on, So |
~てこそ | Only if, Because, By, Unless, Until |
を問わず | Regardless of, Whether or not, No matter, With or without |
よりしかたがない | There is no choice but, Can't be helped, Inevitable |
に越したことはない | There is nothing better than, It is the best, Would be the best |
要するに | To sum up, In summary, In short |
てからでないと | (Not) unless ~ cannot, (Not) until ~ cannot |
なくはない | It's not that…, Kind of, might, Slightly, Somewhat, In some respects |
ないことには~ない | Unless you do something |
ないではいられない | Cannot help doing something, Cannot resist doing something |
ねばならない | Must, Have to, Should |
たまえ | (Please) do!, Ask to, Beg to, (Order somebody to do something) |
~のうち(で) | Of the, Among(st) |
つつ | While, And |
つつ(も) | Even while ~ing, Even though ~ing, Despite ~ing, Although ~ing |
に際して | On the occasion of, At the time of |
際に | When, At the time of, In case of, On the occasion of |
にあたり | When, When doing something, On the occasion, At the time |
を契機に | Lead to, As a good opportunity to, As a result of, As a trigger |
つつある | -ing, Be -ing |
~ところに | At the time, When, While, Timing |
か〜ないかのうちに | Right after, As soon as, Just when, Barely |
がけに | On the way to, As you go |
ていては | If one keeps doing something, When, If something is... |
ところだった ② | Was just about to do something, Was in the middle of... |
どころではない | This is not the time for…, Far from, Out of the question |
ぶりに | For the first time in, Haven't done for some time |
ては | If, With, Since, Because |
ては〜ては | Repeating action, If, Since |
も又 | Too, Also (with more emphasis than も alone), Again |
結果 | As a result of |
以来 | Since, Henceforth |
に先立ち | Before, Prior to, In preference over |
はたして | Wonder if ~ (really)?, Wonder how ~ (actually)?, Sure enough, As expected |
甲斐がある | To be (not) worth, To (not) pay off |
やがて | Before long, All too soon, In the end, Eventually |
したがって | Therefore, Thus, As a result |
あげく | After, In the end, After all, Eventually |
きっかけ | Lead to, Because of, As a start or trigger of, An opportunity |
にかけては | When it comes to, Regarding, Concerning |
とっくに | Already, A long time ago, Long ago |
未だに | Still, Not yet, Even now |
をもとに | Based on, From, According to |
からには | As long as, Since, Given |
いつの間にか | Suddenly, Unnoticed, Without noticing, Too soon |
一旦 | Once …, If … for a short time, Temporarily (stop), For now or the time being |
はもとより | Not only... but also, Let alone, Of course, |
そうにない | Unlikely to, Showing no signs of |
に反して | Go against, Contrary to |
逆に | On the contrary |
反面 | While, On the other hand, Although, However, On the flip side |
抜く | All~, Completely, See through, Overcome, To the bitter end |
抜きで | Without, Unless |
いよいよ | At last, Finally, More and more |
ずに済む | Get by without doing something, To get away with |
に応じて | Depending or based on, According to, In response to, Suitable for or to, |
を通じて | Through, Via, Throughout |
に応えて | In response to, Meet |
それとも | Or, Or else, Rather |
にしたら | From the point of view of |
にしても~にしても | Regardless of whether |
としては | As a, For a, As for |
としても | Even if (we assume), Assuming, Also as |
それにしても | Nevertheless, Even so |
ぬ | Classical negative, Classical verb [ない] |
ことなく | Without ~ing |
にて | In, At, With, Using, By |
には | In order to, In regard to, For |
思うように | As one hopes, As desired, As one thought |
かと思ったら | Then again, Just when I thought, No sooner than |
というものでもない | There is no guarantee that…, Not necessarily |
と考えられる | Can be considered as, Is thought to be, One can think that, It is conceivable that |
という点から考えると | From the standpoint of, From the perspective of, From the viewpoint of, Think in terms of, Viewed from the angle of |
ということは | That means, That is to say |
ふうに | ~ way, In a way that suggests, Like ~ |
という風に | As if to say, As if to suggest that, In such a way that, Things like |
ものの | Although, But, Even Though |
というものだ | Speaker's impression, Criticism or conclusion |
から見ると | From the point of view of, By the look of |
ところを見ると | Judging from, Seeing that |
からすると | Judging from, Considering |
からして | Even..., Judging from, Based on |
からといって | Just because |
そういえば | Speaking of which, By the way, Come to think of it |
お~願う | Please, Could you please |
とか | I heard that… something like, They said ... or something |
〜ようではないか | Let's do something, Why don't we |
かのようだ | As if, Just like |
のではないだろうか | I think ... isn't it?, It might be that..., Don't you agree? |
て当然だ | Natural, As a matter of course |
のも当然だ | It is only natural that, It is no wonder |
たった(の) | Only, Just, No more than |
恐れがある | There is a risk or fear that, Be in danger of, Possibility of |
おそらく | Probably, Perhaps, (Most) likely, (I) fear that |
ものか | Definitely not, Absolutely not, Impossible, Do you really think~? |
おまけに | In addition, On top of that, What is more, To make matters worse |
に決まっている | Surely, Bound to, Certainly, Be decided |
ことになっている | To be expected to, To be scheduled to |
気 | Feel like ~, Spirit |
げ | Seemingly, Giving appearance of, [Expresses emotions or feelings] |
ことだから | It is exactly because |
ものだから | Because, The reason is |
ものですから | Because, My excuse is, My explanation is |
ものがある | Strong judgement, There is something, Feel strongly that |
傾向がある | Tendency, Trend, Inclination |
てしょうがない | Extremely, Very, Really, It can't be helped |
だけましだ | At least, It's better than..., One should feel grateful for |
幸い | Luckily, Fortunately |
ようでは | If, If it is true that |
さすが | as one would expect, only natural, that is just like..., even |
ことは〜が | It is true...but, although, but |
更に | Even more or further, Again, More and more |
精々 | (At) most , (At) best, No more than, Barely |
僅かに | Only, Slightly, A little, Barely, Merely |
および | And, As well as |
たちまち | Immediately, Quickly, Suddenly, In a moment or flash |
いきなり | For no reason, Suddenly, All of a sudden |
といった | Such as, Like, So much as |
を込めて | Full of, Filled with, With ~ |
に加えて | Not only...but also, In addition, Not to mention |
何から何まで | Everything and anything, From A to Z, From head to toe, Everything |
は別として | Apart from, (Setting) aside, Whether or, Except for, Save for |
だけに | As might be expected, Because, All the more because, It's only natural |
だけは | To do all that one can, As much or many ~ as one could |
だけあって | Is only natural, …Being the case, Because, As might be expected |
何より | Be glad, Be relieved, Most, Best, Above all else, More than anything |
何といっても | By any account, All the same, No doubt |
か何か | Or something, Or something like that |
てならない | Very, Extremely, Can't help but do |
のみならず | Not only...but, Not just...but, What is more |
それなのに | And yet, Despite this |
いわゆる | What is called, So-called, Generally known |
にすぎない | No more than, Just, Merely |
も~ば~も | …And…, Both ... and ..., ... And ... as well |
でしかない | Merely, Nothing but, No more than |
てたまらない | Can't help but want to, Very, Extremely |
にせよ | Even if, Even though, No matter, Whether… or |
何しろ | No wonder, After all, In fact, Because, At any rate |
にしろ~にしろ | Whether… or |
はともかく | Setting aside, Apart from |
やら~やら | Whether or, Things like, And … so on |
しかしながら | However, Nevertheless, But |
ことにはならない | Just because… doesn't mean… |
だけのことはある | No wonder, Not surprising that, As expected |
てはならない | Must not, Cannot, Should not |
てはいられない | Can't afford to, Unable to |
陸に~ない | Not well or properly, Not much or enough, Barely, Hardly |
しかも | Moreover, Furthermore |
てでも | Even if I have to, By any or all means, No matter what |
とも | Even if, No matter |
ないわけにはいかない | Can't not, No way to avoid |
というわけではない | It is not that, It doesn't mean that, It is not always the case |
のももっともだ | May well, Have or has good reason for, No wonder, … Is only natural |
たって | Even if, Even though, No matter how |