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【JLPT N4★しか～ない (shika~nai): only; nothing but】
Meaning:「しか〜ない」 expresses **“only”**, **“nothing but”**, and emphasizes **small…
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【JLPT N4★し (shi) ”and “】
Meaning:Used to list **multiple reasons**, **qualities**, or **characteristics*…
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【JLPT N4★さすが (sasuga): as one would expect】
Meaning:Used to express admiration, expectation, or inevitability based on some…
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【JLPT N4★させられる (saserareru): to be made to do some…
Meaning: X is made/will be made to (by someone) (passive causative)passive cau…
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【JLPT N4★させる (saseru): to make/let somebody do som…
Meaning:The causative form expresses:- “make someone do …”- “let someone do ……
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【JLPT N4★さ (sa): (nominalizer for adjectives)】
Meaning:「〜さ」 turns adjectives into nouns that express **degree**, **quality**, …
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【JLPT N4★らしい (rashii): seems like】
Meaning:Used when the speaker reports information they heard from others,or wh…
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【JLPT N4★られる (rareru) – 2: (passive voice)】
Meaning:The Japanese passive form expresses that something happens *to* the sub…
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【JLPT N4★られる (rareru) – 1: to be able to do someth…
Meaning:Used to express ability or possibility — that something “can be done.”…
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【JLPT N4★おわる (owaru): to finish, to end】
Meaning:Used to express that an action has been completed.Means “finish doing …
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【JLPT N4★おきに (oki ni): repeated at intervals, ever…
Meaning:Used to express regular intervals.Means “every …,” “at intervals of …,…
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【JLPT N4★お～する (o ni suru) “to do something (humble…
Meaning:A humble form used to describe **the speaker’s own actions** politely.…
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【JLPT N4★お～になる (o ni naru) “to do something …
Meaning:A respectful honorific form used to describe someone else’s actions pol…
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【JLPT N4★お～ください (o~kudasai): please do (honorific)…
Meaning:Used to make a polite request.「〜てください」 is the standard polite request.…
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【JLPT N4★のように / のような (no you ni/no you na): like, …
Meaning:Used to express similarity, appearance, or manner.「〜のように」 modifies **v…
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【JLPT N4★のに (noni)―2: although, in spite of, even …
Meaning:Used to express a contrast between expectation and reality.Means “alth…
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【JLPT N4★のに(noni) – 1: in order to】
Meaning:Used to express **purpose** or **what is needed to do something**.Mean…
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【JLPT N4★のなかで (no naka de)/in, among】
Meaning:Used to indicate a group, place, or category within which something hap…
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【JLPT N4★にみえる (ni mieru): to look, to seem, to app…
Meaning:Used to express how something *appears* based on visual impression or f…
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【JLPT N4★にくい (nikui) / difficult to, hard to】
Meaning:Used to express that something is difficult to do.Means “hard to do,” …
