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Japanese Prefix and Suffix
Last time, you learned how the generic nouns: もの and こと work, e.g. “ケイスケのことをよく知しっています (I know about Keisuke a lot).” You might consider のこと as a kind of a suffix. That is to say, by attaching のこと to...
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Advanced Sentence Ending Particles な, なあ, っけ, わ, ぞ, and さ
Last time, you learned how Japanese prefixes and suffixes work, e.g. “ビジネス上じょう、外国がいこく語ごを話はなせることは便べん利りだ (it’s useful to be able to speak foreign languages from a business point of view).” In this...
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How to Express Doubts: かな, かしら, だろうか, and ではないか
We have started a new section named “Advanced Sentence Patterns.” This is the final section in our grammar reference. Through learning advanced sentence patterns, you can spice up your knowledge more...
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Explanatory わけだ
Wasabi’s Japanese Grammar Reference (with Audio Files) (English Edition)Get exclusive Wasabi material as an e-book for kindle on Amazon. Last time, you learned how to express doubts in various ways,...
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Partial Negation and Double Negative in Japanese
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How to Express Difficulty and Possibility …やすい, …にくい, …かねる, and …得る
Wasabi’s Japanese Grammar Reference (with Audio Files) (English Edition)Get exclusive Wasabi material as an e-book for kindle on Amazon. Last time, you learned how to express partial negation and...
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Topic-related Expressions: というのは, といえば, and だが
Wasabi’s Japanese Grammar Reference (with Audio Files) (English Edition)Get exclusive Wasabi material as an e-book for kindle on Amazon. Last time, you learned how to express difficulty and...
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How to Express Limitation: 限る, にかけては, ならでは, and ともかく
Wasabi’s Japanese Grammar Reference (with Audio Files) (English Edition)Get exclusive Wasabi material as an e-book for kindle on Amazon. Last time, you learned topic-related expressions, e.g....
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How to Express Addition: だけでなく, ばかりか, もちろんのこと, and にとどまらず
Last time, you learned how to express limitation, e.g. “女性じょせいに限かぎり、割引わりびきがあります (There is a discount for only women),” and “今日きょうを限かぎりに、お酒さけをやめます (I will quit drinking by today).” Then, if you would...
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How to Express Subjective Evaluation: さえ, でも, まで, なんて, くらい, and こそ
Last time, you learned how to express addition, e.g. “日に本ほんは魚さかなだけでなく肉にくも美味うまい (In Japan, not only fish but meat is delicious),” and “宿しゅく題だいはもちろん予よ習しゅうもちゃんとした (I properly made the preparations, not to...
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