JLPT N4 Grammar: やすい (yasui) Meaning: easy to; likely to… Explain: Used to indicate that doing something is easy. Used to denote the property of a subject (person or thing) that is easy to change, or to indicate that something is easy to happen. How to use: Verb ます (stem form) + …
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JLPT N4 Grammar: ようだ (you da) Meaning: it seems that, it appears that, it looks like Explain: is a way of expressing subjective speculation, based on information that the speaker receives with his or her senses. How to use: Verb-casual + ようだ いadj + ようだ なadj + なようだ Noun + …
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JLPT N4 Grammar: ておく (teoku) Meaning: to do something in advance (as preparation for something else) Explain: Used to express the completion of a certain action or action before a certain time. How to use: Verb-てform + おく For example: 1. 日本へ行く前に日本語を習っておくつもりです nihon e iku mae ni nihongo o naratte …
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JLPT N4 Grammar: てもらう (te morau) Meaning: to get somebody to do something Explain: Describe when someone did something for you. How to use: Verb (て form) + もらう Verb (て form) + もらいます Verb (て form) + もらいたい Verb (て form) + もらわない Verb (て form) + もらいません For …
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JLPT N4 Grammar: すぎる (sugiru) Meaning: too much Explain: Expression of exceeding the allowable limit of a behavior or a state. Therefore, usually the sentence pattern often talks about bad things How to use: Verb-ます stem + すぎる いadjective (remove い) + すぎる なadjective + すぎる For example: 1. 太郎、遊びすぎですよ。 …
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JLPT N4 Grammar: ことにする (koto ni suru) Meaning: decide to Explain: Expresses decisions and intentions about future behavior and is used in the first person. How to use: Verb-casual, non-past + ことにする For example: 1. これから甘いものは食べないことにする。 kore kara amaimono wa tabenai koto ni suru. I won’t eat sweet stuff from …
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JLPT N4 Grammar: たところ (ta tokoro) Meaning: just finished doing; was just doing Explain: Describe how after doing something, the result is like Describe results that are contrary to expectations or forecasts. How to use: Verb-casual, past + ところ For example: 1. 教室に行ってみたところが、学生は一人も来ていなかった。 kyōshitsu ni itte mita tokoro ga, gakusei …
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JLPT N4 Grammar: てほしい (te hoshii) Meaning: I need you to…; Want (someone) to do… Explain: Expressing expectations and requirements of the speaker towards others How to use: Verb-ないform + でほしい Verb-てform + ほしい For example: 1. 両親には、いつまでも元気で長生きしてほしい。 ryōshin ni wa, itsu made mo genkide nagaiki shite hoshī. I want …
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JLPT N4 Grammar: にくい (nikui) Meaning: difficult to…; hard to… Explain: Used to indicate that doing something is difficult Used to denote a property of a subject (person or thing) that is difficult to change, or to denote something that is unlikely to happen. How to use: Verb-ますstem + にくい …
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JLPT N4 Grammar: てある (te aru) Meaning: something is done; something has been done How to use: Verb-てform + ある For example: 1. 机の上に本が置いてあるです。 Tsukue no ue ni hon ga oitearudesu. There is a book on the table 2. ここに目標と評価基準がリスト・アップしてある。 koko ni mokuhyou to hyouka kijun ga risuto appu shite aru. …
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