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N3 grammar
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- 1 ことkoto (must) do ✎
- 2 にはni wa for the purpose of; in order to~ ✎
- 3 ようにyou ni in order to, so that~ ✎
- 4 だけdake as much as~ ✎
- 5 としてtoshite as~; in the role of~ ✎
- 6 ほどhodo degree; extent; bounds; upper limit ✎
- 7 ついtsui accidentally; unintentionally ✎
- 8 上にue ni as well; not only… but also ✎
- 9 ないとnaito must do; unless/if you don't~ ✎
- 10 ずにzuni without doing~ ✎
- 11 ためにtame ni for; in order to; for the benefit of ✎
- 12 さえsae even; so much as; not even ✎
- 13 ばかりでbakari de only; just (negative description) ✎
- 14 じゃないjanai maybe; most likely; confirmation ✎
- 15 くらい・ぐらいkurai / gurai approximately; about; to the extent ✎
- 16 よりもyorimo rather than~; more than~ ✎
- 17 なんか / なんてnanka / nante examples; modesty; make light of~ ✎
- 18 によって / によるni yotte / ni yoru by means of; due to; because of~ ✎
- 19 うちにuchi ni while; before~ ✎
- 20 きりkiri only; just; since; after ✎
- 21 しばらくshibaraku for a moment; for a while ✎
- 22 まるでmaru de as if; as though; just like ✎
- 23 ところがtokoro ga even so; however; even though~ ✎
- 24 についてni tsuite concerning; regarding; about; on ✎
- 25 たってtatte even if; even though; no matter how ✎
- 26 に対してni taishite towards; against; regarding~ ✎
- 27 ふとfuto suddenly; accidentally; unexpectedly ✎
- 28 こそkoso for sure; precisely; definitely ✎
- 29 も~ば~もmo~ba~mo and; also; as well; either/or; neither ✎
- 30 あまりamari so much… that ✎
- 31 ところでtokoro de by the way~ ✎
- 32 といい / たらいいto ii / tara ii it would be nice if; should; I hope~ ✎
- 33 どうしてもdoushitemo no matter what; at any cost; after all ✎
- 34 というのはto iu nowa this means~; because~; that is to say ✎
- 35 気味gimi -like; -looking; -looked; tending to ✎
- 36 ことは~がkoto wa~ga although; but ✎
- 37 ようとするyou to suru try to; attempt to; be about to~ ✎
- 38 と共にto tomo ni together with; at the same time as ✎
- 39 にしてもni shite mo even if; even though; regardless of ✎
- 40 向けmuke intended for; aimed at~ ✎
- 41 ずつzutsu apiece; each; at a time ✎
- 42 上でue de upon; after; when; for; in order to ✎
- 43 結果kekka as a result of; after ✎
- 44 一体ittai emphasis; what on earth? ✎
- 45 たものだta mono da used to do; would often do ✎
- 46 つまりtsumari in other words; in summary; in short ✎
- 47 に違いないni chigai nai I’m sure/ certain; no doubt that ✎
- 48 ばかりでなくbakari denaku not only.. but also; as well as ✎
- 49 さてsate conjunction: well; now; then ✎
- 50 においてni oite in; at (place); regarding~; as for~ ✎
- 51 にとってni totte to; for; concerning; regarding~ ✎
- 52 さえ~ばsae~ba if only; as long as ✎
- 53 つもりでtsumori de with the intention of doing~ ✎
- 54 かけるkakeru half-; not yet finished; in the middle of~ ✎
- 55 込むkomu Move inside; do a long time ✎
- 56 なかなかnakanaka quite~; pretty~; rather~; just not ~ ✎
- 57 ほど~ないhodo~nai is not as… as ✎
- 58 たてtate just done; freshly done; newly done ✎
- 59 向きmuki suitable for~ ✎
- 60 ながらもnagara mo but; although; despite ✎
- 61 上げるageru to finish doing~ ✎
- 62 結局kekkyoku after all; eventually; in the end ✎
- 63 合うau do something together ✎
- 64 がちgachi tend to; tendency to; frequently; often~ ✎
- 65 確かにtashika ni surely, certainly ✎
- 66 とすればto sureba in the case of~; assuming~; if A then B ✎
- 67 がたいgatai very difficult to; impossible to ✎
- 68 ことはないkoto wa nai there is no need to; no possibility that~ ✎
- 69 ば~ほどba~hodo the more… the more ✎
- 70 むしろmushiro rather; instead; better ✎
- 71 ごとにgoto ni each; every; at intervals of ✎
- 72 を通じて /を通してo tsuujite /o tooshite through; via; throughout; by ✎
- 73 すでにsude ni something has already been done ✎
- 74 さらにsara ni furthermore; again; more and more ✎
- 75 際にsai ni when; at the time of; in the case of ✎
- 76 わざとwazato on purpose; intentionally~ ✎
- 77 決して~ないkesshite~nai never; by no means ✎
- 78 まさかmasaka there's no way; that's impossible ✎
- 79 っけkke casual suffix to confirm something ✎
- 80 ついにtsui ni finally ~; at last ~; in the end ✎
- 81 それともsoretomo or; or else ✎
- 82 にかけてni kakete over (a period); concerning; regarding~ ✎
- 83 といってもto ittemo although I say; although one might say~ ✎
- 84 によると /によればni yoru to/ni yoreba according to~ ✎
- 85 ばいいba ii should, can, it’d be good if ✎
- 86 わざわざwazawaza to go to the trouble of ✎
- 87 のでしょうかno deshou ka ask a question in a polite way ✎
- 88 につれてni tsurete as; in proportion to; with; as… then… ✎
- 89 いくら~てもikura~temo no matter how~ ✎
- 90 なるべくnaru beku as much as possible ✎
- 91 的teki change noun into na-adjective ✎
- 92 中chuu / juu currently; during; throughout ✎
- 93 くせにkuse ni although~; despite the fact that~ ✎
- 94 たびにtabi ni whenever; every time ✎
- 95 をはじめo hajime for example; starting with ✎
- 96 にしてはni shite wa for; considering it’s ✎
- 97 というよりto iu yori rather than~ ✎
- 98 別に~ないbetsu ni~nai not really, not particularly ✎
- 99 途中でtochuu de on the way; in the middle of~ ✎
- 100 とても~ないtotemo~nai cannot possibly be; hardly~ ✎
- 101 切るkiru to do something completely to the end ✎
- 102 ような気がするyou na ki ga suru have a feeling that; feels like; seems like ✎
- 103 てごらんte goran (please) try to; (please) look ✎
- 104 んだってndatte I hear that; heard that~ ✎
- 105 ば~のにba~noni would have; should have; if only~ ✎
- 106 例えばtatoeba for example ✎
- 107 ということだto iu koto da I heard; it means~; in other words~ ✎
- 108 そのためにsono tame ni hence; for that reason; because of~ ✎
- 109 か何かka nani ka or something ✎
- 110 ように見えるyou ni mieru to look; to seem; to appear~ ✎
- 111 に関するni kan suru about; regarding; related to ✎
- 112 ついでにtsuide ni while, incidentally, at the same time ✎
- 113 だらけdarake full of; covered with; a lot of~ ✎
- 114 一度にichido ni all at once ✎
- 115 から〜にかけてkara~ni kakete through; from [A] to [B] ✎
- 116 なぜならnazenara because; the reason is ✎
- 117 すなわちsunawachi in other words; namely ✎
- 118 っぽいppoi seems; somewhat; -ish; easily does~; ✎
- 119 ことからkoto kara from the fact that~ ✎
- 120 わけだwake da for that reason; no wonder ✎
- 121 しかないshikanai have no choice but~ ✎
- 122 通すtoosu to do until the end; to continually do ✎
- 123 と言えばto ieba speaking of; when you talk of~ ✎
- 124 に比べてni kurabete compared to~; in comparison to~ ✎
- 125 せいでsei de because of; due to; as a result of~ ✎
- 126 に反してni hanshite against; contrary to; in contrast to ✎
- 127 わけではないwake dewa nai it doesn’t mean that~ ✎
- 128 直すnaosu to do something again; to do over ✎
- 129 だけどdakedo however; but ✎
- 130 とみえる / とみえてto mieru / to miete it seems that~ ✎
- 131 めったに~ないmetta ni~nai hardly; rarely; seldom ✎
- 132 そうもないsou mo nai very unlikely to~; showing no signs of~ ✎
- 133 ようがないyou ga nai there is no way to; it’s impossible to~ ✎
- 134 ずにはいられないzuni wa irarenai can’t help but feel; can’t help but do ✎
- 135 はもちろんwa mochiron not to mention; not only; but also~ ✎
- 136 つもりだったtsumori datta I thought I~; I believe I did~ ✎
- 137 切れないkirenai unable to do; too much to finish ✎
- 138 ぶりにburi ni for the first time in (period of time) ✎
- 139 代わりにkawari ni instead of; in exchange for~ ✎
- 140 どんなに~てもdonna ni~temo no matter how (much) ✎
- 141 割にwari ni considering; relatively; unexpectedly ✎
- 142 最中にsaichuu ni while; during; in the middle of ✎
- 143 おかげでokage de thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ... ✎
- 144 にしたがってni shitagatte as; therefore; in accordance with ✎
- 145 を中心にo chuushin ni focused on; centered on ✎
- 146 とおりにtoori ni in the same way as; in the way; as~ ✎
- 147 ないことはないnai koto wa nai can do~; is not impossible to~ ✎
- 148 ことになっているkoto ni natteiru to be expected to; it has been decided~ ✎
- 149 もしかしたらmoshika shitara perhaps; maybe; perchance; by chance ✎
- 150 ばよかったba yokatta should have, would have been better if~ ✎
- 151 と言うとto iu to speaking of; when you say~ ✎
- 152 せいぜいseizei at the most; at best; to the utmost ✎
- 153 たとえ~てもtatoe~temo even if… is the case ✎
- 154 べきだbeki da should do~; must do~ ✎
- 155 っぱなしppanashi leaving (something) on / still in use ✎
- 156 てばかりいるte bakari iru only; nothing but~ ✎
- 157 にかわってni kawatte instead of~; replacing~; on behalf of~ ✎
- 158 てはじめてte hajimete not until; only after [x] did I ✎
- 159 だけでなくdake de naku not only… but also ✎
- 160 とは限らないtowa kagiranai not necessarily so; is not always true ✎
- 161 わけにはいかないwake niwa ikanai must not; cannot afford to; must~ ✎
- 162 ようとしないyou to shinai not try to; not make an effort to~ ✎
- 163 あまりにもamari ni mo too…; so much… that; excessively~ ✎
- 164 わけがないwake ga nai there is no way that~ ✎
- 165 たとたんta totan as soon as; just as ✎
- 166 は別としてwa betsu toshite aside from; whether or not~ ✎
- 167 に慣れるni nareru to be used to something ✎
- 168 もしも〜たらmoshimo~tara if; in the case; supposing~ ✎
- 169 てもかまわないtemo kamawanai it doesn't matter if ~ ✎
- 170 べきではないbeki dewa nai should not do~; must not do~ ✎
- 171 は~で有名wa~de yuumei famous for~ ✎
- 172 ふりをするfuri o suru to pretend; to act as if~ ✎
- 173 てはいけないからte wa ikenai kara in order to not~ ✎
- 174 て済むte sumu sufficient by; resolve by~ ✎
- 175 てからでないとte kara de nai to must first do; cannot do without~ ✎
- 176 を込めてo komete filled with; full of ✎
- 177 一方だippou da more and more; continue to ✎
- 178 てもしょうがないtemo shou ga nai there's no point to~; it's no use to~ ✎
- 179 ても始まらないtemo hajimaranai even if you... it’s no use; ✎
- 180 ている場合じゃないteiru baai janai this is no time to be doing~ ✎
- 181 てしょうがないte shou ga nai can't help but~; very; extremely ✎
- 182 数量 + はsuuryou + wa at least ✎
Order is measured, not assigned: each pattern is counted against the site’s book corpus, with a 〜 treated as a slot so あまり〜ない is matched as one discontinuous pattern rather than as the word ない. A few entries name a category rather than a form — “i-adjectives”, 受身形 — and have nothing countable, so they sit mid-level instead of being sorted to the bottom.