Grammar N1

JLPT N1 Grammar: ずじまい (zu jimai) Meaning: ended up not doing ~ How to use: Verb (ない stem) ない + ずじまい Explain: Express feelings of regret, regret, disappointment. Example sentences: 1. 結局宝石はどこにあるのか見つからずじまいだった。 kekkyoku houseki wa doko ni aru no ka mitsukarazu jimai datta. In the end we never found the …

JLPT N1 Grammar: じみた (jimita) Meaning: to look like How to use: Noun + じみた + Noun Explain: Don’t want to see something like that and see something. Similar to the sentence pattern ～めく, which is often used with negative meanings. Example sentences: 1. 彼はこれらの狂気じみた計画に夢中になりすぎている。 kare wa korera no kyouki …

JLPT N1 Grammar: ではあるまいし (dewa arumai shi) Meaning: it’s not like; it isn’t as if ~ How to use: Noun + ではあるまいし / でもあるまいし / じゃあるまいし Explain: Used in the case of denoting that something is not the thing / thing, or not doing the thing / thing should lead …

JLPT N1 Grammar: ことなしに (koto nashi ni) Meaning: without doing something How to use: Verb (dictionary form) + ことなしに（は） Explain: Use it in the case if the expression does not exist, if nothing is done, or with the expression of not doing anything, nothing will be like. Example sentences: 1. …

JLPT N1 Grammar: ゆえに (yue ni) Meaning: therefore; consequently​; because of; due to ~ How to use: Verb (casual) + （が）ゆえ（に） / （が）ゆえの Noun + (である) + （が）ゆえ（に） / （が）ゆえの な-adjective + (である) + （が）ゆえ（に） / （が）ゆえの い-adjective + い + （が）ゆえ（に） / （が）ゆえの Explain: Use in case of indication …

JLPT N1 Grammar: を経て (o hete) Meaning: through; after; via How to use: Noun + を経て Example sentences: 1. さまざまな社会での経験を経て、彼女は成長した。 Samazamana shakai de no keiken o hete, kanojo wa seichōshita. By a lot of experience in society, she has grown up 2. わたしたちは５年の交際期間を経て結婚した。 watashitachi wa go’nen no kousai kikan o …

JLPT N1 Grammar: かいもなく (kai mo naku) Meaning: despite; even though ~ How to use: Verb-casual, past + かいもなく Noun + のかいもなく Explain: Demonstrating meaning even though effort, effort will not produce the results as expected, expected. Example sentences: 1. 努力のかいもなく、失敗した。 Doryoku no kai mo naku, shippaishita. Despite the effort, …

JLPT N1 Grammar: てやまない (te yamanai) Meaning: always; never stop; can’t help but How to use: Verb (て form) + やまない Explain: Use in case of extreme or prolonged state indication. Example sentences: 1. 親は子供の将来を期待してやまないものだ。 oya wa kodomo no shourai o kitai shite yamanai mono da. Parents always have high …

JLPT N1 Grammar: かれ～かれ (kare~kare) Meaning: sooner or later; more or less How to use: い-adjective い + かれ + い-adjective い + かれ Explain: Using adjectives with opposite meanings, to say anyway, the mention is the same. Example sentences: 1. 多かれ少なかれ、みんな悩みを抱えている。 ookare sukunakare, minna nayami o kakaete iru. Everyone …

JLPT N1 Grammar: いかに (ikani) Meaning: how; in what way; how much How to use: いかに + Verb いかに + Noun いかに + Adjective Explain: Used in the case of an expression that, whatever the state, the degree of things, the things in the previous clause, it is still established. …