Intermediate Japanese Grammer 1-5 Flashcards

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A change in action which has taken place or will take place

A

Verb (plain) ようになる

日本へ行ってから、日本に興味を持つようになりました

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State ones feeling emphatically or ones wish emotively

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〜なあ

一度アフリカへ行ってみたいなあ

お前よくやったなあ

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3
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About to do something

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V(plain)ところ

ちょうどこれから食事をするところなんですが、一緒にどうですか
(I am about to eat right now, so why dont u join me)

これから食べるところです
(Im about to eat)

今食べたところだから、お腹は空いていません
(I have just eaten, so i am not hungry)

今食べているところだから、もう少し待ってください
(I am in the midst of eating right now, so please wait a little)

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Be expected/supposed to; it is a rule/custom that

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V(plain)ことになっている

日本で英語を教えることになっています
(I am to teach english in japan)

明日先生に会うことになっています
(I am supposed to meet my teacher tomorrow)

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It has been decided/arranged that

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V(plain)ことになった

日本に会社で仕事をすることになりました

「it has been arranged that」 i will be working at a japanese company.

来年結婚することになりました
「it has come about that」 i will get married next year.

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First time doing something (whilst in a relevant situation)

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N(or sentence +の) は初めてです

お寿司を食べたことがありますか
(Have you had sushi before?)

いいえ、お寿司は初めてです
(No, this is the first time)

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Something is difficult to V

Something is easy to V

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V (stem) にくい / V(stem) やすい

ステーキ、おはしでは食べにくい
(Steaks are difficult to eat with chopsticks)

きれいな字は、読みやすいです
(Nice handwriting is easy to read)

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8
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Decide to do

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V (plain) ことにする

来年日本へ行くことにしました
I have decided to go to Japan next year

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9
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When S1,S2 (S2 in the past tense) -gives a sense of surprise

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S1たら、S2

昨日図書館へ行ったら、先生に会いました
Yesterday, when i went to the library, i saw my teacher

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10
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Can’t possibly

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とても〜ない

たくさんあって、とても食べ切れません
(There is so much that i can’t possibly eat it all)

東京ではとても家なんか買えません
(I can’t possibly buy a house in Tokyo)

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11
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Way of 〜 ing

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Verb (stem)方

漢字は、一つのものにも読み方がたくさんあるので、難しい

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12
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It seems that; evidently

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〜らしい

日本人は、熱いお風呂が好きらしい

(It seems that the japanese people like baths)

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13
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The first N after V-ing

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Vて初めてのN

アメリカについて初めてのカルチャーショックだった

(It was my first culture shock after arriving in America)

v1て初めてv2

日本行って初めて、一日中日本語だけで話しました
(When i went to japan, i spent a whole day speaking only in japanese, for the first time in my life)

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14
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Have just done something; just finished doing something

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V(plain past)ばかり

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