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.
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Please do this (polite request); Could you please do ...; Please give me ...; I'd like you to do ... (polite)
Please don't do it.; A polite request for someone not to perform an action.
must not; may not; not allowed to do
must do; have to do; it's necessary to do
Must do; Have to do; Essential to do
It'd be better to; Should do; Ought to do
It would be better not to; Shouldn't do (something)
must do; have to do; gotta do; need to do
and things like that; and the like; and other things; items such as
have done before; have experienced; once in the past; ever done before
Has/have done; Is ~ing (repetition)
Connects clauses to show sequence or cause; Links characteristics to another fact; Used to list things or describe a situation in sequence
And...; Both and (Conjunctive); Used to connect two predicates or clauses
To be bad at; Poor at; Unskillful at
to be good at; to be proficient at; to be skilled at
The 'one' that... (Indefinite pronoun, Adjective nominalization); The thing that is [adjective]; As for the [adjective] thing
to give (something to someone); to present; to offer; to provide
to give to me; to be given to me; to do something for me; to provide for me
to receive; to get; to obtain; to have something done for me
but; although; even though; yet
to plan to; to intend to; to have in mind to do