Volume 4 (16 - 20)

Question 1

でも (demo)

Answer 1

• Marks possibility of a suggestion.
• Turns interrogative words in to any- words.
• Used as a conjunction (even/however)

Question 2

くらい/ぐらい (kurai/gurai)

Answer 2

• Marks approximate or negociable degree, amount, length of time.

Question 3

ばかり (bakari)

Answer 3

• Means only or to the exclusion of other things.
• Informally can be pronounced as ばっかり, ばっか, ばっかし for emphasis.

Question 4

から (kara)

Answer 4

• Marks starting place or time.
• Marks source of information.
• Marks a reason when used after.

Question 5

まで (made)

Answer 5

• Marks an ending place or time.
• When followed by に it means before/by.