Japanese Grammar Guide
Japanese Grammar Guide
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. The Writing System
Hiragana
Katakana
Kanji
3. Basic Grammar
Expressing State-of-Being
Introduction to Particles (は、も、が)
Adjectives
Verb Basics
Negative Verbs
Past Tense
Particles used with verbs (を、に、へ、で)
Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
Descriptive Relative Clauses and Sentence Order
Noun-related Particles (と、や、とか、の)
Adverbs and Sentence-ending particles
4. Essential Grammar
Polite Form and Verb Stems (~です、~ます)
Addressing People
The Question Marker (か)
Compound Sentences (て-form、から、ので、のに、が、けど、し、~たりす
る)
Other uses of the te-form (~ている、~てある、~ておく、~ていく、~てく
る)
Potential Form
Using する and なる with the に particle (~[よう]になる/する)
Conditionals (と、なら、ば、たら)
Expressing "must" or "have to" (~だめ、~いけない、~ならない、~ても)
Desire and Suggestions (たい、欲しい、volitional、~たらどう)
Performing an action on a relative clause (と、って)
Defining and Describing (という)
Trying something out or attempting to do something (~てみる、volitional+とする)
Giving and Receiving (あげる、やる、くれる、もらう)
Making requests (~ください、~ちょうだい、~なさい、command form)
Numbers and Counting
Casual Patterns and Slang
Review and more sentence-ending particles
5. Special Expressions
Causative and Passive Verbs
Honorific and Humble Forms
Things that happen unintentionally (~てしまう、~ちゃう/~じゃう)
Special expressions with generic nouns (こと、ところ、もの)
Expressing various levels of certainty (かもしれない、でしょう、だろう)
Expressing amounts (だけ、のみ、しか、ばかり、すぎる、Amount+も、ほど、
さ)
Various ways to express similarity and hearsay (よう、~みたい、~そう、~そう
だ、~らしい、~っぽい)
Using 方 and よる for comparisons and other functions (より、の方、stem+方、に
よって、によると)
Saying something is easy or difficult to do (~やすい、~にくい)
More negative verbs (ないで、ず、~ん、ぬ)
Hypothesizing and Concluding (わけ、~とする)
Expressing time-specific actions (ばかり、とたんに、ながら、まくる)
Leaving something the way it is (まま、っぱなし)
6. Advanced Topics
Formal Expressions (である、ではない)
Things that should be a certain way (はず、べき、べく、べからず)
Expressing the minimum expectation (でさえ、ですら、おろか)
Showing signs of something (~がる、ばかり、~めく)
Formal expressions of non-feasibility (~ざるを得ない、やむを得ない、~かね
る)
Tendencies (~がち、~つつ、きらいがある)
Advanced Volitional (まい、であろう、かろう)
Covered by something (だらけ、まみれ、ずくめ)
Advanced proximity of actions (が早いか、や否や、そばから)
Others (思いきや、がてら、あげく)
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