40 docs tagged with "sentence-patterns"

～あげく marks a bad result after a long, troubled process; ～末に is the neutral, formal "after all that." Sort the N2 pair by outcome bias and the 結局 split.

Use ～うちに to say "while a state still holds" or "before it changes" in Japanese: the V-dict, ているうちに, and ないうちに patterns, plus when to pick うちに vs 間に.

限り (kagiri) grammar sorted at N2: ～かぎり means "as long as", ～ないかぎり means "unless", 知る限り is "as far as I know", and the noun 限り marks a "limit" or boundary.

かのように and かのような say "as if" in Japanese: the counterfactual N2 resemblance built from か + の + ようだ, with attachment rules and the まるで pairing.

～がほしい says you want something in Japanese, sorted at N5: why ほしい takes が and conjugates like an adjective, the own-desire rule, plus ～てほしい and ～ほしがる.

がる grammar in Japanese turns a feeling adjective into "shows signs of X," for describing how others feel: form, the が→を shift, plus たがる and ほしがる.

～ことがある says you have done something before in Japanese, sorted at N4: た-form + ことがある for experience, 辞書形 + ことがある for occasional actions, and ことがない for never.

～ことができる says "can do" in Japanese, sorted at N5/N4: the dictionary-form + ことができる recipe, the negative ことができない, and when to use it over the potential form.

ことにする vs ことになる, sorted at N4: 辞書形 + ことにする for a decision you made, ことになる for one that came about, the tense layer, and the polite agency-deflecting use.

Learn the ～しかない idiom: verb + しかない means "no choice but to," and noun + しかない means "there is only X." Form, the resignation nuance, and だけ contrast.

～ずに and ～ないで both mean "without doing" in Japanese, sorted at N3: the formal-vs-spoken register split, the せずに irregular, and the なくて contrast.

～たとたん, ～たところ, and ～た直後 each say "just after" in Japanese. Sort the three at N2 by the volition restriction on 途端, the ところ juncture, and the neutral 直後.

Give advice in Japanese with ～たほうがいい ("you should") and the negative ～ないほうがいい ("you shouldn't"), graded at N4, with why ～した is more pointed than ～する.

Use ～ために to say "for the sake of" or "in order to" in Japanese: the volitional same-subject purpose rule, the noun+のために benefactive, and ために vs ように.

～ても joins the te-form with も to mean "even if" or "even though." Learn the verb, adjective, and でも forms, plus how it differs from たら and ば conditionals.

～てもいい asks and gives permission; ～てはいけない states prohibition. The N4 map of both, asking with か, the いけない/ならない/だめ register ladder, and ちゃダメ contractions.

どころか means "far from" or "let alone": it reverses an expectation or escalates a scale. Learn both senses, the form, and how it differs from どころではない.

～ないで vs ～なくて (the negative te-form): ないで marks manner (without doing X, then Y), なくて marks reason (because not-X), settled by the から-replacement test.

～なくてもいい(です) and casual なくていい(よ) say you don't have to in Japanese, sorted at N4: the negative て-form base, the register ladder, and the contrast with ～てはいけない.

～なければならない and casual なきゃ say "must" or "have to" in Japanese, sorted at N4: the nai-form base, the negative-of-negative logic, and the full register ladder.

～にしては (ni shite wa) means "considering" or "for being X" in Japanese: it pins a concrete standard, then flags a result that defies it. N3, with わりに.

～にしても (ni shite mo) means "even considering" or "regardless of" in Japanese. Learn the form, the にしては vs にしても は/も contrast, and the にせよ/にしろ family.

～につれて and ～にしたがって say "as X progresses, Y changes too" in Japanese. The N3 form, the directional-change-verb rule, and the にしたがって "follow a rule" split.

にもかかわらず is the formal Japanese for "in spite of." Learn the attach rules, how it differs from colloquial のに, and the にかかわらず "regardless" split.

～ばかりか and ～ばかりに sorted at N2: ばかりか stacks "not only X but also Y," while ばかりに blames just one cause for a bad result. Form, nuance, and the contrast.

～ものだ covers general truths, the nostalgic "used to," and moral advice, with ～ものではない as "one shouldn't." A sorted N2 guide with the もの-vs-こと split.

～ものの is the formal Japanese concessive for "although X is true, the expected result fails." Learn its attachment, nuance, register, and how it differs from のに.

～やすい, ～にくい, and ～づらい say "easy/hard to do" in Japanese, sorted at N4: the V-stem recipe, the physical-vs-psychological split, and literary がたい.

～ようでは grammar explained: the critical conditional that judges the way you're doing something and predicts a bad outcome, its form, and N1 usage.

Use ～ように to say "so that" or "in order to" in Japanese: the potential, negative, and non-volitional trigger, the ように vs ために split, and the 受かりますように wish.

～間に says "during / while" in Japanese, sorted at N3: the の間に and ている間に attach table, the 間 vs 間に whole-span versus point-within split, and 間に vs うちに.

A JLPT N1 set phrases reference: 16 advanced grammar patterns grouped by function, each with a one-line gloss and a single model sentence to scan and drill.

Question word + ても / でも builds "whatever, whoever, wherever" in Japanese: 何でも, 誰でも, どこでも, with the free-choice でも and no-matter ても split, plus 何か / 何も sorted.

The ～げ suffix means someone looks a feeling: 悲しげ, 楽しげ, 寂しげ. Learn the stem + げ な-adjective form, げな vs げに, and how it differs from そう and がる.

Say "want to do" in Japanese with ～たい: the verb-stem rule, its i-adjective conjugation, the を/が alternation, and ～たがる for someone else's desire.

Learn ～たり〜たりする, the Japanese form for listing actions as examples rather than a full sequence, how it differs from the て-form, and where tense goes.

The ～っぽい suffix means "-ish" or "has the qualities of": 子供っぽい, 赤っぽい, 忘れっぽい. Learn its three bases, how it inflects as an い-adjective, and the らしい contrast.

～まま grammar ("as-is", without changing) for N3: how to attach it to V-た, adjectives, and N+の, the ～ないまま "without doing" form, and まま vs ながら and てある.

The らしい suffix turns a noun into "typical of X": 男らしい, 自分らしい, 春らしい. Learn how it conjugates as an い-adjective and how it differs from "seems".

わけではない, わけがない, and わけにはいかない compared at JLPT N2: how each negates a different "reason," plus the attachment rules and the ないわけにはいかない have-no-choice form.