Words tagged “grammatical”

ああしてああしてlike that; in that way あたしあたしI; me (casual, mainly female) あるいはあるいはor, perhaps あれあれthat (over there) あれらあれらthose (things or people far from both speaker and listener) 言(い)い換(か)えるといいかえるとin other words; to put it another way; that is to say いかんいかんhow; in what way; depending on いくら〜てもいくらてもno matter how much ~ いくら～てもいくらてもno matter how much いずれにしてもいずれにしてもin any case; at any rate; either way 已然形(いぜんけい)いぜんけいrealis form; perfective base (classical Japanese grammar) 一方(いっぽう)いっぽうone side, on the other hand, while いついつwhen いわゆるいわゆるso-called, what is called うちにうちにwhile; during; before (a state changes) 上(うわ)〜うわupper ~, outer ~ おいくつおいくつhow old?; how many? (polite) 多(おお)くのおおくのmany; a lot of; much 己(おのれ)おのれoneself; self (literary) おまけにおまけにon top of that; to make matters worse; besides 及(およ)びおよびand, as well as (formal) おられるおられるto be (honorific) ～終(お)わるおわるto finish ~ing 御(おん)〜おんhonorific ~

課(か)かlesson, section, department かかquestion marker, or, whether 各(かく)〜かくeach ~, every ~ 過去形(かこけい)かこけいpast tense (form) かしらかしらI wonder (traditionally feminine) 活用(かつよう)かつようconjugation; practical use かどうかかどうかwhether or not; whether かなかなI wonder かなあかなあI wonder; I hope (drawn-out, musing) 可能(かのう)な限(かぎ)りかのうなかぎりas much as possible; to the extent possible 彼女(かのじょ)たちかのじょたちthey (female); those women かもかもmaybe, might be からからfrom, because からこそからこそprecisely because; it is exactly because からといってからといってjust because ...; that does not mean ... 感嘆詞(かんたんし)かんたんしinterjection; exclamation (grammar) ががsubject marker 難(がた)いがたいdifficult to; hard to 〜がちがちtending to; prone to; apt to 気味(ぎみ)ぎみ-ish; somewhat; tending toward くせにくせにdespite; even though (critical tone) 加(くわ)えてくわえてin addition; moreover; furthermore ぐらいぐらいabout, approximately けどけどbut, although, however けれどけれどbut, however, although けれどもけれどもbut, however, although 謙譲語(けんじょうご)けんじょうごhumble language; humble speech こういうこういうthis kind of; like this; such こうしたこうしたsuch; this kind of; like this こうしてこうしてlike this; in this way; thus 肯定形(こうていけい)こうていけいaffirmative form; positive form こそこそemphasis particle (it is precisely...) ことことthing (abstract), matter ことにすることにするto decide to このこのthis (before noun) これこれthis ごごhonorific prefix 後(ご)ごafter ~; following ~ 如(ごと)きごときlike; similar to; such as (literary) ごとくごとくlike; as if; as though ごとにごとにevery ~; each ~; at intervals of ~ 頃(ごろ)ごろaround (time)

際(さい)さいoccasion, time, when 最中(さいちゅう)にさいちゅうにin the middle of; right in the midst of; during さてさてwell, now then 様(さま)さまMr., Mrs., Ms. (polite) さもないとさもないとotherwise; or else さもなければさもなければotherwise; or else; if not ししand (listing reasons/qualities) 〜師(し)しpractitioner, master (of a trade or skill) 強(し)いてしいてforcibly; compulsorily; if pressed; if I must say しかしかonly; nothing but (with negative) しかししかしhowever, but しかしながらしかしながらhowever, nevertheless (formal) 〜しかないしかないthere is only; have no choice but to しかもしかもmoreover, furthermore 〜式(しき)しきceremony; style, type したがってしたがってtherefore, consequently 次第(しだい)でしだいでdepending on; subject to 終止形(しゅうしけい)しゅうしけいterminal form; conclusive form; dictionary form (of a Japanese verb or adjective) 修飾(しゅうしょく)しゅうしょくmodification (grammar), ornamentation 修飾語(しゅうしょくご)しゅうしょくごmodifier (grammar) 主語(しゅご)しゅごsubject (grammar) 主文(しゅぶん)しゅぶんmain clause (grammar); main text; operative part of a ruling 自身(じしん)じしんoneself; himself; herself 自体(じたい)じたいitself; in itself; per se 自分(じぶん)じぶんoneself, myself じゃじゃwell, well then じゃないじゃないisn't; is not (informal); isn't it? じゃないかじゃないかisn't it?; right?; tag-question ending じゃないとじゃないとotherwise; unless it is; if not じゃんじゃんisn't it; right (casual sentence-ending) じゃんかじゃんかisn't it?; ...you know (casual, emphatic) 〜上(じょう)じょうfrom the standpoint of; in terms of; on 助詞(じょし)じょしparticle (grammar) 助数詞(じょすうし)じょすうしcounter word, counter suffix, classifier すぎすぎtoo much; excessively; past (time) すみませんすみませんexcuse me, sorry, thank you するとするとthen, thereupon せいでせいでbecause of; due to (negative cause) 接頭辞(せっとうじ)せっとうじprefix 接尾辞(せつびじ)せつびじsuffix ぜぜyou know, I tell you (masculine emphasis) そいつそいつthat guy; that thing; that one (rough) そういうわけでそういうわけでfor that reason; that is why; and so そうしたそうしたsuch; that kind of; of that sort そうしてそうしてand, and then そうしないとそうしないとif you don't do that; otherwise そうするとそうするとif so; in that case; then そうだそうだI heard that, it seems そうですそうですI hear that, it seems that; that's right そうやそうやthat's right; yes (Kansai dialect) そこそこthere そこでそこでso, therefore, accordingly そしてそしてand, and then そちらそちらthat way, you (polite) そのそのthat (before noun) そのうえそのうえmoreover; furthermore そのためそのためtherefore; for that reason そのようなそのようなsuch; that kind of; like that それそれthat それからそれからafter that, and then それぞれそれぞれeach, respectively それでそれでand so, because of that それではそれではwell then, in that case それでもそれでもbut still, nevertheless, even so それとそれとand; and also; besides that それともそれともor, or else それなのにそれなのにeven so, nevertheless, and yet それならそれならif so; in that case; then それにそれにmoreover, besides それゆえそれゆえtherefore; for that reason; consequently それらそれらthose; them そんなそんなsuch, that kind of ぞぞemphasis particle (masculine/strong assertion)

たいたいwant to (do) 〜たがるたがるshow signs of wanting to (of someone else) ただただfree; just, only; but 但(ただ)しただしbut; however; provided that 達(たち)たちplural marker (people) たとえたとえeven if, even though 例(たと)えばたとえばfor example たびにたびにevery time; whenever; each time ためためfor, sake, purpose; because ためにためにfor the sake of; in order to; because of 短縮形(たんしゅくけい)たんしゅくけいshortened form; contraction; abbreviation 単(たん)なるたんなるmere, simple, sheer だだis, am, are (plain copula) 代名詞(だいめいし)だいめいしpronoun; byword, synonym だからだからtherefore, so だがだがbut; however 〜だけだけonly, just, as much as ～だけでなくだけでなくnot only ~ but also だけどだけどbut; however だけどもだけどもbut; however; though だけにだけにprecisely because; all the more because だけれどだけれどbut; although; however だけれどもだけれどもalthough; but; however だったらだったらif that's the case; if it is; then だってだってbut, because, even ～建(だ)てだて-story, -storied (building) だとするとだとするとif that is the case; assuming that is so だもんだもんbecause; since (casual, often childish or feminine) ～だらけだらけcovered in ~; full of ~ (negative) 誰(だれ)かだれかsomeone, somebody 誰(だれ)でもだれでもanyone; everyone 誰(だれ)もだれもnobody; everyone だろうだろうprobably, I wonder, right? ちゃうちゃうto end up doing (casual contraction) ちょっとしたちょっとしたslight; minor; a bit of; modest 付(つ)きつきwith; included; attached 次(つぎ)につぎにnext; then; secondly 〜つつつつwhile; although; even as つーかつーかor rather; I mean; more like ～づらいづらいhard to ~; difficult to ~ (psychologically) 〜てあるてあるhas been done (and left that way) ていうかていうかor rather, I mean, actually 丁寧語(ていねいご)ていねいごpolite language; polite speech ているているbe ...ing; be in the state of having ...ed 〜ておくておくdo in advance; leave (something) as it is てかてかor rather, I mean, actually 〜的(てき)てき~like, ~ish, ~al, ~ical 〜てしまうてしまうto end up doing, to completely do 〜てみるてみるto try doing; to do and see how it goes ででat, by, with (location/means) であるであるto be (formal/written) でございますでございますis; am; are (very polite copula) でしょうでしょうprobably; I think; right? でしょうかでしょうかI wonder if ...?; might it be that ...? (polite) ですですis, am, are (polite copula) ですからですからtherefore (formal) でないとでないとotherwise; unless it is; if not ではではwell, then, so ではないかではないかisn't it?; surely ...; could it be that ... ではなくではなくnot ~ but, rather than でもでもbut, however ととand, with, if/when, (quotation) というというcalled, that says, such as ということはということはthat means; which is to say; so in other words というのはというのはthe reason is; because; meaning that というのもというのもthe reason is; because; that is because といったといったsuch as; like; of the kind といってもといってもalthough I say; even though; that said 所(ところ)ところplace, point ところがところがhowever; but then ところでところでby the way としてとしてas (in the capacity of) とともにとともにtogether with; along with; as とはいうもののとはいうもののhaving said that, although, nevertheless とはいえとはいえalthough, having said that, that being said ともともboth; all (of a small group) ともすればともすればapt to; tending to; all too easily どいつどいつwho; which one (rough, rude) どうどうhow, in what way どういうどういうwhat kind of; what sort of 動詞(どうし)どうしverb (grammar) 同時(どうじ)にどうじにat the same time; simultaneously; also どうにもどうにもcannot do anything about; by no means; at all どうやってどうやってhow; by what method どうやらどうやらapparently; it seems; somehow; barely どおりどおりas; in accordance with; just like どこどこwhere どこでもどこでもanywhere; everywhere どころかどころかfar from; on the contrary; let alone どちらもどちらもboth; neither (with negative) どっちかどっちかeither one; one or the other どのどのwhich (+ noun) どのようなどのようなwhat kind of; what sort of どのようにどのようにhow; in what way; in what manner どれどれwhich one どれかどれかone of them; some one; any one どんなにどんなにhow (much), no matter how

ななattributive form of copula (used with na-adjectives) なあなあexpresses emotion or emphasis (sentence-final) ないないnonexistent, not have 乃至(ないし)ないしfrom... to...; or; possibly even なおなおstill; furthermore; in addition ～直(なお)すなおすto do ~ over again; to redo ~ ながらながらwhile, although なきゃなきゃhave to; must (casual) 〜なきゃならないなきゃならないmust; have to; gotta (colloquial) なくてはいけないなくてはいけないmust; have to なさいなさい(imperative ending) なぜならなぜならbecause, the reason is 〜などなどand so on, et cetera, such as などなどなどなどand so on; etcetera; etc. 何(なに)もなにもnothing, (not) anything なのでなのでso; therefore; because (it) is なのになのにdespite that; even though; and yet ならならif, in the case of ならばならばif; if so; in that case; provided that 並(なら)びにならびにand, as well as (very formal) なりなりis; forms (classical copula) なんかなんかsomething; kind of; like; things like (dismissive) 何回(なんかい)なんかいhow many times 何個(なんこ)なんこhow many (small objects) 何冊(なんさつ)なんさつhow many (books/volumes) 何時(なんじ)なんじwhat time なんてなんてsuch as, what (a), how, things like 何(なん)でもなんでもanything; everything なんともなんともindescribably; not at all 何日(なんにち)なんにちhow many days; what day (of the month) 何(なん)のなんのwhat kind of; what ~; (with negative) no ~ at all 何杯(なんばい)なんばいhow many (cups/glasses/bowls) 何枚(なんまい)なんまいhow many (flat objects) ににlocation/direction/time marker においてにおいてin, at (formal) 〜におけるにおけるin; at; regarding; with respect to (formal) に限(かぎ)ってにかぎってonly in the case of; precisely when; of all things, just when 〜にかけてにかけてfrom A to B, over the span of; when it comes to 〜にくいにくいhard to ~, difficult to ~ に対(たい)してにたいしてtowards, against, in contrast to に違(ちが)いないにちがいないmust be; no doubt につきにつきregarding; due to; per につきましてにつきましてregarding; concerning; with regard to (formal) につれてにつれてas (something progresses); in proportion to 〜にてにてat; in; by means of (formal) に伴(ともな)いにともないaccompanying, along with 二人称(ににんしょう)ににんしょうsecond person (grammatical) にほかならないにほかならないis nothing but; is none other than にも関(かか)わらずにもかかわらずdespite; in spite of; although によるによるdue to; by means of; according to ねねsentence-ending particle (confirmation, agreement) 〜ねばならないねばならないmust; have to; be obliged to ののpossessive marker, nominalizer, explanatory のでのでbecause, since, so のですのですit is that...; explanatory sentence ending のにのにalthough, despite, even though のよのよyou see; the thing is (feminine explanatory) のようにのようにlike; just as; in the same way as

ははtopic marker ～始(はじ)めるはじめるto start ~ing; to begin to ~ ばばif; when (conditional) 場合(ばあい)によってはばあいによってはdepending on the case; in some cases; possibly 〜ばかりばかりjust, only, nothing but 被修飾語(ひしゅうしょくご)ひしゅうしょくごmodified word; head word (the word that a modifier modifies) 必要(ひつよう)に応(おう)じてひつようにおうじてas needed; as required; as necessary; when the need arises 否定形(ひていけい)ひていけいnegative form 否定文(ひていぶん)ひていぶんnegative sentence 副助詞(ふくじょし)ふくじょしadverbial particle, delimiting particle 複文(ふくぶん)ふくぶんcomplex sentence (grammar) 〜部(ぶ)ぶ~ department, ~ part, ~ club 〜ぶりぶりfor the first time in (a span of time); manner of doing へへdirection marker (toward) 辺(へん)へんarea, vicinity べからずべからずmust not; should not; do not べきべきshould, ought to べくべくin order to; so as to; with the aim of べしべしshould; must; ought to (formal/archaic) ほうがいいほうがいいhad better, should 程(ほど)ほどdegree, extent; about 本当(ほんとう)はほんとうはactually, in fact, to tell the truth 僕(ぼく)ぼくI (male)

ましてましてlet alone; much less; still more ましてやましてやmuch less; let alone; still more so ますますpolite verb ending またまたagain; also, moreover; (as または) or またはまたはor まだしもまだしもwould still be acceptable; comparatively better; at least までまでuntil, to, as far as 〜ままままas is, unchanged 未(み)〜みnot yet ~, un- 未然形(みぜんけい)みぜんけいirrealis form; imperfective form (of a Japanese verb or adjective) みたいみたいlike, similar to, -ish みたいだみたいだit seems; looks like; similar to 名詞(めいし)めいしnoun (part of speech) 命令形(めいれいけい)めいれいけいimperative form; command form ももalso, too, even 目的語(もくてきご)もくてきごobject (grammar); direct object 若(も)しくはもしくはor, otherwise (formal) もしももしもif, in case もっとももっともhowever; though; having said that ものものbecause; the thing is もののもののalthough; even though; but

ややand (non-exhaustive list) ～やすいやすいeasy to ~; tend to ~ やんやんisn't it?; right? (Kansai) 故(ゆえ)にゆえにtherefore, thus, hence (formal) よよsentence-ending particle (emphasis, assertion) 〜用(よう)ようfor ~, ~ use ようようappearance, manner; like, as if ようなようなlike; such as; the kind of ようにようにso that, in order to 〜ように言(い)うようにいうto tell (someone) to; to ask (someone) to; to instruct to ようにするようにするto try to; to make sure to ようになるようになるto come to (do); to become able to 因(よ)ってよってtherefore; consequently; accordingly よねよねright?, isn't it? (seeking confirmation) よりよりthan, from (comparison, origin)

来(らい)〜らいnext; coming らしいらしいseems like, apparently, I heard that 連体形(れんたいけい)れんたいけいattributive form; adnominal form (of a Japanese verb or adjective)

我(わ)わoneself; one's own will (archaic/literary) 和(わ)〜わJapanese-style ~ わよわよyou know; I tell you (feminine emphasis) ををdirect object marker を巡(めぐ)ってをめぐってconcerning; surrounding; over (an issue) をもちましてをもちましてas of; with this; effective from