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831 grammar points, ordered by how often each one appears across 4.4 million characters of real Japanese — so you learn から before んがために, which is not what an alphabetical list gives you.
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N4 grammar
131 patterns · most useful first
- 1 ってtte named; called ✎
- 2 ことkoto Verb nominalizer ✎
- 3 ように / ようなyou ni / you na like; as; similar to ✎
- 4 ていたte ita was doing something (past continuous) ✎
- 5 というto iu called; named; that ✎
- 6 でもdemo ... or something ✎
- 7 ながらnagara while; during; as; simultaneously ✎
- 8 てもtemo even; even if; even though ✎
- 9 ならnara if; in the case that ~ ✎
- 10 かなkana I wonder; should I? ✎
- 11 は〜が… はwa~ga... wa [A] but [B]; however; comparison ✎
- 12 ばかりbakari only; nothing but ✎
- 13 ところtokoro just about to; on the verge of doing ~ ✎
- 14 たらtara if, after, when ✎
- 15 よりyori than; rather than; more than ✎
- 16 などnado such as, things like ✎
- 17 ままmama as it is; current state; without changing ✎
- 18 らしいrashii it seems like; I heard; apparently~ ✎
- 19 間にaida ni while/during~ something happened ✎
- 20 のにnoni to (do something); in order to ✎
- 21 のにnoni although, in spite of, even though ✎
- 22 そうに・そうなsou ni / sou na seems like; looks like ✎
- 23 と思うto omou to think…; I think…; you think… ✎
- 24 かいkai turns a sentence into a yes/no question ✎
- 25 られるrareru potential form; ability/inability to do ~ ✎
- 26 ということto iu koto convert phrase into noun ✎
- 27 のは〜だnowa~da [A] is [B]; the reason for [A] is [B] ✎
- 28 出すdasu to suddenly begin; to suddenly appear ✎
- 29 の中でno naka de in, among ✎
- 30 そうだsou da [2] looks like; appears like ✎
- 31 そうだsou da [1] I heard that; it is said that ✎
- 32 てしまう / ちゃうte shimau / chau to do something by accident, to finish ✎
- 33 だけでdake de just by; just by doing ✎
- 34 ではないかdewa nai ka right?; isn't it? ✎
- 35 じゃないかjanai ka right? isn't it? let's~; confirmation ✎
- 36 がる・がっているgaru; gatteiru to show signs of; to appear; to feel ✎
- 37 急にkyuu ni suddenly ✎
- 38 たところta tokoro just finished doing, was just doing ✎
- 39 てくれるte kureru to do a favor; do something for someone ✎
- 40 ございますgozaimasu to be, to exist (polite form of いる/ある) ✎
- 41 なさいnasai do this (soft/firm command) ✎
- 42 たばかりta bakari just finished; something just occurred ✎
- 43 それでもsore demo but still; and yet; even so ✎
- 44 ようだyou da appears; seems; looks as if ✎
- 45 にするni suru to make something ~ ✎
- 46 させるsaseru causative form; to make/let somebody do ✎
- 47 がりgari personality; tend to~; sensitivity towards~ ✎
- 48 てくるte kuru to do… and come back; to continue ✎
- 49 でございますde gozaimasu to be (honorific) ✎
- 50 ことがあるkoto ga aru there are times when ✎
- 51 なければならないnakereba naranai must do something; have to do something ✎
- 52 とか~とかtoka~toka among other things; such as; like ✎
- 53 までにmade ni by; by the time; indicates time limit ✎
- 54 きっとkitto surely; undoubtedly; certainly; likely ✎
- 55 かしらka shira I wonder ✎
- 56 てみるte miru try doing ✎
- 57 がするga suru to smell; hear; taste ✎
- 58 やっとyatto at last; finally; barely; narrowly ✎
- 59 なさるnasaru to do (honorific) ✎
- 60 そんなにsonna ni so much; so; like that ✎
- 61 さっきsakki some time ago; just now ✎
- 62 とto whenever [A] happens, [B] also happens ✎
- 63 て / でte / de conjunctive; so; because of [A], [B]... ✎
- 64 しshi and; and what’s more; emphasis ✎
- 65 さsa -ness ; nominalizer for adjective ✎
- 66 なna don’t ~ (order somebody to not do ~) ✎
- 67 もmo as many as; as much as; up to; nearly ✎
- 68 頃koro / goro around; about; when ✎
- 69 ばba conditional form; If [A] then [B] ✎
- 70 間aida while; during; between ✎
- 71 さすがsasuga as one would expect; as is to be expected ✎
- 72 後でato de after ~; later ✎
- 73 てやるte yaru to do for; to do a favor (casual) ✎
- 74 いらっしゃるirassharu to be; to come; to go (polite version) ✎
- 75 かもしれないkamo shirenai might; perhaps; indicates possibility ✎
- 76 ておくte oku to do something in advance ✎
- 77 くするku suru to make something ~ ✎
- 78 お~になるo~ni naru to do (honorific) ✎
- 79 みたいなmitai na like, similar to ✎
- 80 かどうかka dou ka whether or not ✎
- 81 ているところteiru tokoro in the process of doing ✎
- 82 ていくte iku to start; to continue; to go on ✎
- 83 ことができるkoto ga dekiru can; able to ✎
- 84 あまり~ないamari~nai not very, not much ✎
- 85 ことになるkoto ni naru It has been decided that..; it turns out ~ ✎
- 86 お~くださいo~kudasai please do (honorific) ✎
- 87 始めるhajimeru to start; to begin to ~ ✎
- 88 にくいnikui difficult to do ✎
- 89 はずだhazu da it must be; it should be (expectation) ✎
- 90 ようになるyou ni naru to reach the point that; to turn into ✎
- 91 場合はbaai wa in the event of; in the case that ✎
- 92 やすいyasui easy to; likely to; prone to; a tendency to~ ✎
- 93 なかなか~ないnakanaka~nai not easy to; struggling to; not able to~ ✎
- 94 またはmatawa both; or; otherwise; choice of [A] or [B] ✎
- 95 と聞いたto kiita I heard... ✎
- 96 みたいにmitai ni like, similar to ✎
- 97 たがるtagaru wants to do~ (third person) ✎
- 98 全然~ないzenzen~nai (not) at all ✎
- 99 てもらうte morau to get somebody to do something ✎
- 100 続けるtsuzukeru continue to; keen on ✎
- 101 ぜひzehi by all means; certainly; definitely ✎
- 102 たらどうtara dou why don't you ✎
- 103 が必要ga hitsuyou need; necessary ✎
- 104 てあげるte ageru to do for; to do a favor ✎
- 105 ようと思うyou to omou thinking of doing; planning to ✎
- 106 はずがないhazu ga nai cannot be (impossible) ✎
- 107 いたしますitashimasu to do (polite form of する) ✎
- 108 ようにするyou ni suru to try to; to make sure that ✎
- 109 必要があるhitsuyou ga aru need to; it is necessary to ✎
- 110 なければいけないnakereba ikenai must do something; have to do something ✎
- 111 させられるsaserareru causative-passive; to be made to do ~ ✎
- 112 に気がつくni ki ga tsuku to notice; to realize ✎
- 113 てほしいte hoshii I want you to; need you to~ ✎
- 114 ことにするkoto ni suru to decide on ✎
- 115 終わるowaru to finish; to end ✎
- 116 てよかったte yokatta I’m glad that.. ✎
- 117 みたいだmitai da like, similar to, resembling ✎
- 118 と言われているto iwarete iru it is said that... ✎
- 119 てすみませんte sumimasen I’m sorry for ✎
- 120 おきにoki ni repeated at intervals, every ✎
- 121 と言ってもいいto ittemo ii you could say; one might say; I'd say ✎
- 122 にみえるni mieru to look; to seem; to appear ✎
- 123 予定だyotei da plan to, intend to ✎
- 124 づらいzurai difficult to do ✎
- 125 ていただけませんかte itadakemasen ka could you please ✎
- 126 させてくださいsasete kudasai please let me do ✎
- 127 受身形ukemi kei passive form; passive voice ✎
- 128 たらいいですかtara ii desu ka what should I do?; seeking instruction ✎
- 129 他動詞 & 自動詞tadoushi & jidoushi Transitive & Intransitive Verbs ✎
- 130 から作るkara tsukuru made from; made with ✎
- 131 意向形ikou kei volitional form; let's do ~ ✎
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.