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【JLPT N3★わけではない (wake dewa nai): it doesn’t mean t…
Meaning: it doesn’t mean that; it is not the case that; I don’t mean that; it is…
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【JLPT N3★わけだ (wake da): for that reason, no wonder…
Meaning: the fact is, for that reason, as you’d expect, as you know,no wonder…
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【JLPT N3★上で (ue de): after】
Meaning 1: afterMeaning 2: when, for, in order toFormation:Verb-casual, …
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【JLPT N3★うちに (uchi ni): while, before, doing】
Meaning: while, before, duringFormation:Verb-dictionary form + うちにVerb-てform…
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【JLPT N3★と共に (to tomo ni): together with】
Meaning: together withFormation:Verb-dict.form + と共にNoun + と共にいadj + と…
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【JLPT N3★つまり (tsumari): in other words; that is to…
Meaning: in other words; that is to sayFormation:Phrase 1 + つまり + phrase 2&…
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【JLPT N3★ついでに (tsuide ni): while you are at it, on…
Meaning: while (you) are at it; on the occasion; taking the opportunityForma…
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【JLPT N3★～とは限らない (towa kagiranai):not always, not…
Meaning: not always, not necessarilyFormation:（かならずしも） + Verb-casual + とは限…
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【JLPT N3★として (to shite): as (i.e. in the role of)】…
Meaning: as (i.e. in the role of)Formation:Noun + として日本語 / にほんご / Japanese…
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【JLPT N3★としたら / とすれば (to shitara / to sureba): if …
Meaning: if it were the case that…, if we assume…Formation:Verb-casual + と…
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【JLPT N3★とおり (toori): in the way, the same as】
Meaning: in the way…, the same as…Formation:Verb-dictionary form + とおりVe…
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【JLPT N3★ところが (tokoro ga): even so, however, even …
Meaning: even so, however, even thoughFormation:Expectation + ところが + resul…
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【JLPT N3★ところで (tokoro de): by the way】
Meaning: by the wayFormation:ところで + new topic日本語 / にほんご / Ja…
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【JLPT N3★というより (to iu yori): rather than】
Meaning: rather thanFormation:Verb-casual + というよりNoun + というよりいadj + とい…
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【JLPT N3★というと (to iu to): speaking of, if it were …
Meaning: if it were the case that…, then certainly; if one were to speak of… the…
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【JLPT N3★というのは (to iu nowa): means, is, because】
Meaning: means; is; because; that is to sayFormation:Phrase/Noun + というのは + re…
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【JLPT N3★ということだ (to iu koto da): I’ve heard that, …
Meaning: I’ve heard that…; rumor has it that…; it appears as if; it means that…
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【JLPT N3★という (to iu): called, named, as much as】
Meaning: called, namedFormation:Noun + という + NounPhrase + という + Noun…
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【JLPT N3★といっても (to itte mo): although I say, altho…
Meaning: although I say; although one might say; although calledFormation:…
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【JLPT N3★てもかまわない (temo kamawanai): it doesn’t matt…
Meaning: it doesn’t matter if…Formation:Verb-てform + もかまわないNoun + でもかまわな…
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Noboru Akuzawa was born in Japan in 1973. He studied at the University of Birmingham in the UK as a Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholar and got a master degree. He works as a marketing manager at a Leadership Training and Consulting Company in Tokyo. He is a public relations specialist in corporate branding, media relations, and internal communications. On the other hand, he started teaching Japanese through the internet in 2016. He offers an original Japanese language learning method with a combination of the Sentence Pattern Method and the Read Aloud Method.
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