JLPT N5 Grammar Flashcards
Way of doing something
Note: it tells you the way to do sth. Or how to do sth
But/however
けど、けれども
Still, not yet
まだ
Still, have not yet
まだ [Verb]ていません
Until, as far as, to(an extent)
まで
Before, in front
前 (まえ)
Would you, do you want to, should we
ませんか
must not do
Spoken Japanese
When the て form is a で, use じゃいけない！
must do, have an obligation to
Without doing~, doing [B] without doing [A]
Do such things as A and B
Something is like C and D
Listing things you‘ve done/ things you like
Don’t have to
Must do
Need to do
なくてはいけない
なくてはならない (this sounds more definitive, sth has to be done in order …)
なくちゃ
Go to do ….
To like to do sth
And then, after that, since then
それから
To have done sth before
A is more than B
A は Bより [description] です。
Bより A の方が[description]です。
How about …
[X] はどうですか
You know…, (emphasis)
Ending -よ
It’d be better to, should~
Before 方がいい
Use the verbs た form
Shall I …
Offering to help someone
Showing emphasis to sth that is/to a fact/ a description
To decide on
You don’t literally have to translate it to ,,to decide on’’ but more like from the context.
Put emphasis on an explanation
Out of this group, [A] is the best
But, however
しかし(But/However)
でも(but)
1)What kind of
2)Why
3)How, in what way
1)どんな
2)どうして
3)どうやって
I think, probably, right?
だろう？
Only, just, as much as
In, at, by, via, with
で
To want SOMETHING
Together
Or
か~か
Because, since, from
Specification
From: either used in context of locations, like getting from one place to another
Or used in context of possessions etc.
like getting something from another person
Working from one time to another
Let’s, shall we
Too, as well
も
Already, again, anymore
もう
please don’t do ….
Use nai-Form of a verb
[Verb]-ないでください
To become
Destination particle: in/at/on/to
に
To (indicating direction/destination)
に/へ
Possessive particle
の
Used to describe possession of sth to someone,
Describing that something belongs to something/someone else
(Example: the cities skyline, the kids toy, the homework of my classmate, my food,…)
To be good at something
To be bad at something
Because of, since …
ので
object marker
Please give me …
おください
Then, and then, thus
そして
Too much
To want to do something
Is done/It has been done, resulting State of an action
[verb]てある
Ongoing action or current state
After doing ….
[verb]てから
Please do…
[Verb]てください
Is it okay to…, may I…, is ok to, it’s alright to
[Verb]てもいいです
(Use てform)
Must not, may not
And
と (more used for absolute listings)
や (used for listings where it’s given by context that there could be more)
When, at this time, time of[thing, event]
Very, exceedingly
とても
Plan to, intend to
Quotation of what someone says/said:
Person X said sentence Y.
[Person X] は [Sentence] と 言いました。
Quotation general and usage of と before u-verbs
