Topic List
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Able to do something
"About..."
"About..."
About to happen
"According to..."
Actions in progress
Adjective conjugation
Adjectives as abstract nouns
Adjectives as adverbs
Adjectives as verbs
Adjective compounds (conjugation)
Adjectival nouns (conjugation)
Adverbing adjectives
Advice
"Although..."
-anai form
-anakatta form
"... and ..." (nouns)
"... and ..." (phrases)
"... and ..., etc." (nouns)
"... and ..., etc." (verbs)
"... any minute now"
Apologizing (basics)
Apologizing (details)
-areru verb ending
-asareru verb ending
-aseru verb ending
"As far as ... is concerned ..."
Asking for permission (causative form)
Asking for permission (-te mo ii)
Attempting something
-ba form
"Because..." (kara)
"Because..." (node)
"Because... and..." (shi
"Better to..." (hou ga ii)
...by (a time)
"... called ..."
can / can't (ability)
can (permission)
can't (permission)
Casual form
Causative form
Causative-passive form
Cause and effect (kara)
Cause and effect (node)
Caused conditions (~te aru)
Causes and effect (shi)
-cha dame
-cha ikenai
Characters used for native words (kana)
Characters used for native words (kanji)
Characters used for words of foreign origin
-chau
Chinese characters
Command forms
"Compared to ... "
Comparisons
Completely do
"Concerning..."
Concurrent events
Conditional form (verbs)
Conjectures based on what has been heard
Consonant verbs (conjugation)
Continuous states
Contracting repeated nouns
Copula
Customary behavior (decided by self)
Customary behavior (decided by society)
dake particle (だけ)
-darou
de particle (で)
-de ... forms (varient of -te ... forms)
Decide to do...
Decided practices
Denying permission
"Depending on..."
Describing a noun using another noun
Describing a person's attributes
Desires (want to do)
-deshou
"Despite..."
Destination marker (へ)
Destination marker (alternate) (に)
Dictionary form
Difficulty of actions
Direct object marker (を)
Direct style
Distal style
e particle (へ)
-e verb ending
Easy to do
-eba form
Embedded questions
Emphasis marker (よ)
English and other foreign words in Japanese
-eru form
"Even if..."
"Even though..."
"Even though..."
"Ever since..."
Forced to do...
Formality codes used on this site
Formality in language
Formality in requests and apologies
Frequency (using numbers)
Future actions
Future actions (plans)
-gatte iru ending
ga particle (が)
Gender codes used on this site
Gender in language (overview)
Getting ready for something
Giving permission
Godan verbs (conjugation)
"Good thing that..."
Grammar
Group I verbs (conjugation)
Group II verbs (conjugation)
Guesses
Guesses based on what has been heard
ha (は) as a particle is pronounced wa
Hard to do
"have/has done..."
-hazu
he (へ) as a particle is pronounced e
Hearsay
"Here is..."
Hiragana
Hortative form
-hou ga ii
-i adjectives (conjugation)
Ichidan verbs (conjugation)
Ideograms
if (verbs)
if / when (verbs)
"I hear that..."
"I hope..."
-imasen form
-imasen deshita form
-imashita form
-imashou form
-imasu form
"I'm glad that..."
Imminent events
Impressions
"I'm sorry" (conjugation)
"I'm sorry" (details)
Indefinite pronouns (anything, everywhere, etc.)
Indicating commonality
Indirect obect marker (に)
"In order to..." (に)
Intentions
Interrogative pronouns (who, where, etc.)
Interval of time
Irregular verbs (conjugation)
"I've heard..."
"I wonder..."
"... is ...", "... is a ..."
"... isn't ...", "... isn't a ..." 1 2
ja particle (じゃ, contraction of では de wa)
-ja dame
-ja ikenai
-jau
Japanese native syllabry
ka particle (か)
kai particle (かい)
-ka mo shiremasen
-ka mo shirenai
-ka na
Kanji (information)
Kanji (sample kanji)
kara particle (から)
-kashira
Katakana
kedo particle (けど)
keredo particle (けれど)
keredomo particle (けれども)
-koto ga aru
-koto ga dekiru
-koto ni naru
-koto ni natte iru
-koto ni shite iru
-koto ni suru
Kun'yomi
kuse ni connecting phrase (くせに)
"less ... than ..."
Let someone do...
"Let's ..."
Linking phrases together
Linking phrases together (literary)
Location of an action
Long form
"Looks like..." (adjectives)
"Looks like..." (nouns, verbs, sentences)
made particle (まで)
Made by someone to do...
made ni particle (までに)
Make someone do...
-masen form
-masen deshita form
-mashita form
-mashou form
-masu form
-masu stem
"Maybe..."
"May I...?"
Means by which an action is performed
-mitai
mo particle (も)
-na adjectives (conjugation)
-na verb ending
-nagara verb ending
-nai verb form
-nai de verb ending
-nakatta verb form
-nakereba verb ending
-nakucha dame
-nakucha ikenai
-nakute verb ending
-nakute mo ii
-nakute wa ikenai
Name suffixes
Naming things or people
-nasai verb ending
Native syllabry
-nda sentence ending
-ndesu sentence ending
ne particle (ね)
-neba verb ending
ni particle (に)
-nikui verb ending
ni kurabete particle-ish thing
ni totte particle-ish thing
ni tsuite particle-ish thing
ni yoru to particle-ish thing
ni yotte particle-ish thing
no particle (の)
-no ending
-no da ending
-no ga dekiru
node particle (ので)
-no desu ending
No later than
noni particle (のに)
Nonpast affirmative form
Nonpast negative form
Nouning adjectives
Noun-like adjectives (conjugation)
o particle を is listed as wo particle
Objects with traits in common
Object marker (を, for direct objects)
Object marker (に, for most indirect objects)
Observations about other people
Offering an item
Only a given amount/thing
Only a small amount
On'yomi
Orders
-ou form
Ought to be...
Ought to / ought not to do...
Overdoing it (adjectives)
Overdoing it (verbs)
Ownership
Particles
Passive form
Past Affirmative form
Past Negative form
"...perhaps"
Permission (denying)
Permission (granting)
Personal pronouns (I, you, etc.)
Plain form
Plans
"Please ..." (with actions, basics)
"Please..." (with actions, detailed information)
"Please give me..."
"Please take..."
Plurals
Polite form
Possesion
Potential form
Predictions
Preparations
Present tense (sort of)
Private feelings
"...probably"
Progressive tense (sort of)
Pronouns (demonstrative - this, there, etc.)
Pronouns (indefinite - anything, everywhere, etc.)
Pronouns (interrogative - who, where, etc.)
Pronouns (personal - I, you, etc.)
Pronouns (usage notes)
Purpose of movement
Qualifying phrases
Question sentences
Questions within larger sentences
Quoting
-rareru verb ending (passive form)
-rareru verb ending (potential form)
-rashii (sentence ending)
Relative clauses
-reru form
Reporting what someone said
Requests (basics)
Requests (moderately detailed)
Resemblance
-ro verb ending
Role of an item
Romanization conventions used on this site
Roumaji
-ru verbs (conjugation)
sa particle (さ)
sae particle (さえ)
-saserareru verb ending
-saseru verb ending
"Seems like..." (adjectives)
"Seems like..." (nouns and verbs)
Sentences modifying nouns
shika particle (しか)
Short form
Should be so
Should / shouldn't do (-ba ii)
Should / shouldn't do (hou ga ii)
Similarity
Simultaneous events
"Sorry" (basics)
"Sorry" (details)
-sou adjective ending
-sou sentence ending
-sou verb ending
Source of movement
Start and end time
Subject marker (が)
-sugiru (with adjectives)
-sugiru (with verbs)
-ta form
-tara form
-tai form
-tari ... suru construct
-te form
-te aru
-te hoshii
-te iru
-te kara
-te miru
-te mo
-te mo ii
-te oku
-te ru
-te shimau
-te wa ikenai
-te yokatta
"... therefore ..." (kara)
"... therefore ..." (node)
"... and ... therefore ... (shi)
Thoughts (speaking about)
Time (interval)
Time (of an action)
to paticle (と)
-to ii desu ne
-to ii nda ga
-to ii ndesu ga
-to ii ne
-to iu (naming)
-toku (contraction of ~te oku)
Too much (adjectives)
Too much (verbs)
Topic marker (は)
Trying something
-tsumori (desu)
tsuu slurring (つー)
tte contraction (って)
-u verbs (conjugation)
uncertainty
"Until..."
Using nouns to describe nouns
Verbs (conjugation)
Verb compounds (conjugation)
Verb-like adjectives (conjugation)
Verb stem
Verbing adjectives
Victimization
Vocabulary
Volitional form
Vowel verbs (conjugation)
wa particle (は)
wa particle (わ)
wai particle(?) (わい)
Want to do...
Want someone else to do...
"... whenever ..."
When an action occurs
"... with ..." (two nouns)
wo particle (を)
Wondering out loud
Word choice (formality)
Word choice (gender)
Word order
ya particle (や)
-yasui verb ending
yo particle (よ)
-yo verb ending
-you sentence ending
-you verb ending
yori particle (より)
yori mo particles (よりも)
ze particle (ぜ)
zo particle (ぞ)
