Japanese Sentence Patterns

  1. 【JLPT N4★それでも (sore demo): but still, and yet】 

    Meaning:「それでも」 expresses **contrast**.It means **“even so”, “nevertheless”, “d…

  2. 【JLPT N4★そんなに (sonna ni): not that…, not so…, not …

    Meaning:「そんなに〜ない」 expresses **“not that…”, “not so…”, “not very…”**.It softens…

  3. 【JLPT N4★しか~ない (shika~nai): only; nothing but】

    Meaning:「しか〜ない」 expresses **“only”**, **“nothing but”**, and emphasizes **small…

  4. 【JLPT N4★し (shi) ”and “】

    Meaning:Used to list **multiple reasons**, **qualities**, or **characteristics*…

  5. 【JLPT N4★さすが (sasuga): as one would expect】 

    Meaning:Used to express admiration, expectation, or inevitability based on some…

  6. 【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…

  7. 【JLPT N4★させる (saseru): to make/let somebody do som…

    Meaning:The causative form expresses:- “make someone do …”- “let someone do ……

  8. 【JLPT N4★さ (sa): (nominalizer for adjectives)】

    Meaning:「〜さ」 turns adjectives into nouns that express **degree**, **quality**, …

  9. 【JLPT N4★らしい (rashii): seems like】

    Meaning:Used when the speaker reports information they heard from others,or wh…

  10. 【JLPT N4★られる (rareru) – 2: (passive voice)】 

    Meaning:The Japanese passive form expresses that something happens *to* the sub…

  11. 【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.”…

  12. 【JLPT N4★おわる (owaru): to finish, to end】 

    Meaning:Used to express that an action has been completed.Means “finish doing …

  13. 【JLPT N4★おきに (oki ni): repeated at intervals, ever…

    Meaning:Used to express regular intervals.Means “every …,” “at intervals of …,…

  14. 【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.…

  15. 【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…

  16. 【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.…

  17. 【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…

  18. 【JLPT N4★のに (noni)―2: although, in spite of, even …

    Meaning:Used to express a contrast between expectation and reality.Means “alth…

  19. 【JLPT N4★のに(noni) – 1: in order to】 

    Meaning:Used to express **purpose** or **what is needed to do something**.Mean…

  20. 【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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