JLPT Grammar
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Explore Japanese grammar patterns by JLPT level. Each entry includes practical explanations, usage, and example sentences for effective study.
Total patterns
JLPT levels
Example sentences
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Here; This place; This location
there; that place
over there; that place over there; that location over there
At, in (location of where an action happens); By, with, using (means or method); Within, in (a span of time)
to indicate location/time/destination; to indicate the indirect object/recipient; to indicate purpose or goal in simple contexts
or; whether; whether or not
with (accompaniment); together with; along with; and (in sense of accompanying)
Right?; Probably; Isn't it?
Right?; Probably; Isn't it?; I suppose so; I bet...
to exist (inanimate things); to have; there is/are
to exist (for animate beings); there is/are (living things); to be present (in a place)
this (near the speaker); this one; this thing
that; that over there (near listener); the previously mentioned thing
that (over there)
Explanatory; Emphasis; The fact is
was, were; past state or condition of an i-adjective; describes something as having been in a certain way
Verb nominalizer; The one who...; That which...
Describes a noun using an i-adjective; Uses an i-adjective to modify a noun; Attributive form of i-adjectives before a noun
Describes a noun with a na-adjective.; Modifies a noun directly before it.
to go to; to head toward
to do; to make into