Grammar / 文法

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.

How do you say “and” in Japanese? In this post, we organized the various ways to express it in a spreadsheet.
日本語で「and」は何と言いますか？このまとめ記事ではいろいろな「and」の言い方を表にしました。
Revised: 2021/10/19

We will review the main functions of the particle “o”. It will be interesting to people at beginning through intermediate levels.
Updated: 2021/9/28

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

Have you learned the grammar of “…te imasu” yet? There are several meanings with the popular “…te imasu” sentence ending. In these two posts, we will tell you important things about it regardless of your level.

“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。