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  1. Japanese Sentence Patterns

    【日本語上級(advanced)】一方では…また / ~の範囲では / たとえ~であっても …

    一方では…また(1)一方は赤で、また一方は白である。(2)一方、原料のコメは日本人にとって欠くことのできない主食であり、また原則的には収穫量が決まっ…

  2. JLPT N5

    【JLPT N5★んです (ndesu) 】

    Meaning: to explain something; show emphasis(casual expression) In more fo…

  3. JLPT N5

    【JLPT N5★どのくらい(dono kurai)”How much…?” 】

    Meaning:How much....?Formation:どのくらい(dono kurai)+material nounどれくらい(dore ku…

  4. Japanese Sentence Patterns

    【前置詞 preposition~の前に (in front of)、~の後ろに(behind)、~…

    日本語 にほんご Japanese(1)たこ焼き屋は駅の前にあります。(2)カラオケ屋はあのビルの前にあります。(3)中学校はあの病院の後ろにあ…

  5. Noboru's Journal

    Life is unpredictable and interesting.

    It seems that the world is getting chaotic in the year 2016. The Brexit and the …

  6. Japanese Sentence Patterns

    【JLPT N3★何回(nan kai)”How many times?” …

    Formation: 何回(なんかい/nankai)Meaning: How many times….?日本語 / にほんご…

  7. Japanese Sentence Patterns

    【JLPT N3★passive voice of inconvenience】

    Like the passive form, the passive form of inconvenience is used to describe tha…

  8. Japanese Sentence Patterns

    【JLPT N3★passive voice  Vれる・Vられる】

    The passive voice is expressed by the stem of the negative (nai) form of a verb,…

  9. Japanese Sentence Patterns

    【JLPT N3★Subordinate Clauses  S1+が+V1…ことを S2…

    【日本語 】彼がオランダ語を話せることを私は知っています。S1+が+V1...ことを S2はV2【English 】I(S2) think(V2) tha…

  10. Japanese Sentence Patterns

    【JLPT N3★それは…という意味です. “It means…”】

    日本語 / にほんご / Japanese (1)それは幸せであるという意味です。(2)それは「置く」という意味です。(3)それはあなたが彼女を失う…

  11. Noboru's Journal

    Reading out loud is the core of my language study …

    When you learn a language, how do you do it?Reading out loud is the core of …

  12. Japanese Sentence Patterns

    【JLPT N3★ずにはいられない (zu niwa irarenai): can’t help b…

    Meaning: can’t help but feel, can’t help but doFormation:Verb-ないform (remo…

  13. Japanese Sentence Patterns

    【JLPT N3★ずに (zuni): without doing】 

    Meaning: without doingFormation:Verb-ないform (remove ない) + ず(に)…

  14. Japanese Sentence Patterns

    【JLPT N3★ようとしない (you to shinai): not try to, not m…

    Meaning: to not try to, to not try to make an effort toSomeone other than sp…

  15. Japanese Sentence Patterns

    【JLPT N3★ようとする (you to suru)  ”try to, be ab…

    Meaning:try to, be about toFormation:Verb-volitional* + うとする*done intentio…

  16. Japanese Sentence Patterns

    【JLPT N3★ように (you ni): in order to, so that】

    Meaning: in order to; so that; to intend to make things work as you hopeForm…

  17. Japanese Sentence Patterns

    【JLPT N3★ような気がする (you na ki ga suru) “have a…

    Meaning: have a feeling that…, think that…Formation:Verb-casual + (ような)気がするN…

  18. Japanese Sentence Patterns

    【JLPT N3★わりに (wari ni): considering, although, rat…

    Meaning: although, rather, unexpectedlyYou use わりに to talk about an unexpect…

  19. Japanese Sentence Patterns

    【JLPT N3★わけにはいかない (wake niwa ikanai): must not, ca…

    Meaning 1: must not, cannot afford to, can’t very wellMeaning 2: must, have no …

  20. Japanese Sentence Patterns

    【JLPT N3★わけがない (wake ga nai): there is no way that…

    Meaning: there is no way that…Formation:Verb-dictionary form + わけがないVerb…

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  1. Japanese Sentence Patterns

    【JLPT N2★にかかわる (ni kakawaru): to relate …
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    【JLPT N1★ほどのことはない (hodo no koto wa nai):…
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  5. Japanese Sentence Patterns

    【JLPT N1★と相まって (to aimatte): together wi…
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