Grammar / 文法

There are a few exceptional adjectives, besides I-Adjectives and Na-Adjectives, which are often used in conversation. For example, “the best” and “the worst”…Here is how to use them.
イ形容詞（国文法の形容詞）、ナ形容詞（同形容動詞）以外に、よく使われる例外的な形容詞があります。例えば、「最高」や「最低」。。。使い方を覚えましょう！

There are two types of adjectives in Japanese.
Learn how to tell which type an adjective is, since you need different grammatical rules to use them.
Scroll to the table in the last section if you would like to see the summary first.

You may know the particle “to” to connect nouns like “and”. What other ways to say “and” do you know? In these two posts, we will organize them so that you will speak more naturally with confidence.

We will review the main functions of the particle “o”. For beginning through intermediate levels.

Suppose you are in Tokyo. You are writing a postcard. How do you say “I am visiting Tokyo!” in Japanese? We will explain here!

“-te form” of the verb is one of the basic conjugations. However, you may be able to use “…te imasu” more often than you were thinking of.

“De” has a couple of functions. One of them is to present a reason. For example, you can say this: “I can’t eat crustaceans because of my allergy.” This is a sentence a student wanted to learn first when he prepared for a vacation in Japan! /
「で」にはいくつかの役割があります。その一つは理由を提示すること。例えば、「アレルギーで甲殻類が食べられません」と言ったりできます。これは、ある生徒さんが日本へ休暇に出る前の準備で、最初に習いたかった文です。