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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934 results
N5
てください

Please do this (polite request); Could you please do ...; Please give me ...; I'd like you to do ... (polite)

N5
ないでください

Please don't do it.; A polite request for someone not to perform an action.

N5
てはいけない

must not; may not; not allowed to do

N5
なくてはいけない

must do; have to do; it's necessary to do

N5
なくてはならない

Must do; Have to do; Essential to do

N5
たほうがいい

It'd be better to; Should do; Ought to do

N5
ないほうがいい

It would be better not to; Shouldn't do (something)

N5
なくちゃ・なきゃ

must do; have to do; gotta do; need to do

N5

and things like that; and the like; and other things; items such as

N5
たことがある

have done before; have experienced; once in the past; ever done before

N5
ている③

Has/have done; Is ~ing (repetition)

N5
Adjective + て・Noun + で

Connects clauses to show sequence or cause; Links characteristics to another fact; Used to list things or describe a situation in sequence

N5
Adjective + て + B

And...; Both and (Conjunctive); Used to connect two predicates or clauses

N5
のがへた

To be bad at; Poor at; Unskillful at

N5
のがじょうず

to be good at; to be proficient at; to be skilled at

N5
Adjective + の(は)

The 'one' that... (Indefinite pronoun, Adjective nominalization); The thing that is [adjective]; As for the [adjective] thing

N5
あげる

to give (something to someone); to present; to offer; to provide

N5
くれる

to give to me; to be given to me; to do something for me; to provide for me

N5
もらう

to receive; to get; to obtain; to have something done for me

N5
けれども

but; although; even though; yet

N5
つもりだ

to plan to; to intend to; to have in mind to do