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Tae Kim's Japanese Grammar Guide

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だ

じゃない

だった・でした

Was, Were (Past tense)

じゃなかった

Was not, Wasn't

は

As for... (Highlights sentence topic)

も

Also, Too, As well, Even, Either, Neither

が

Subject marking particle, Identification particle

な-Adjective

Adjectives that are also nouns

好（す）き

い-Adjective

Adjectives ending in い

良（い）い

い-Adjective meaning 'good'

る-Verb (Dictionary)

る + ます (Ichidan Verbs)

う-Verb (Dictionary)

う + ます (Godan Verbs)

る-Verb (Negative)

Will/Does/Do (not)

う-Verb (Past)

う - Verbs (Past tense)

を

Object marking particle

に

In, At, To, For, On

へ

で

で

With, By (using)

他動詞（たどうし）・自動詞（じどうし）

Done through action vs. occurring on its own

～た + (Noun)

Verb modified noun, Relative clause

がある + (Noun)

Noun (B) that has Noun (A), Noun (B) with Noun (A)

と

や

Things like, And the like

とか

Among other things, For example, Such as

の

Indicates possession

のは・のが

Verb nominalizer, The one who..., That which...

の

Possessive use (Noun omission)

んだ・んです

Explanatory, Emphasis, The fact is

沢山（たくさん）

Many, A lot of, Plenty, Enough

全然（ぜんぜん）

結構（けっこう）

Quite, A lot, Fairly, Rather

ね

Isn't it?, Right? (Sentence ending particle)

よ

Emphasis (Sentence ending particle)

～に行（い）く

To go ~, To go in order to ~

です

か

Question marking particle

(Question-Phrase) + か

Including questions within sentences

何（なに） + か

Something, Nothing, Anything, Not anything, Some kind of, Not any kind of

誰（だれ）か

Someone, Somewhere, Not anyone, Not anywhere

でも

Or something, Any... (with question words), No matter (who)

～て (Adjectives and Nouns)

And... (Conjunctive)

～て (Qualities and States)

And..., Both and (Conjunctive)

～て (Sequence)

And, And then, After that (sequence)

から

ので

Because, So, Since, The reason being

のに

Despite, Although, Even though

が

けど

し (Reasons)

And, Giving reasons

たり～たりする

Things like ~ and ~

～ている ①

Is, Am, Are (~ing)

～ている ②

State of being, Has (have) done

～ている ③

Has/have done, Is ~ing (Repetition)

～てある

Something is done, Has been done, Remaining state

～ておく

To do something in advance

～ていく

To ~ and go, To go on, To start

～てくる

To come to, To become, To continue, To be starting to, Has been ~ing

れる・られる (Potential)

To be able, Can (Potential)

見（み）える

To be visible, To seem, To be in sight

聞（き）こえる

To be audible, To sound (like), (Can) hear, To be heard

ことが出来（でき）る

Can, Be able to

得（え）る

Is able to, Can, Possible

になる・くなる

To become (Adjective)

にする

To decide on, To choose, To make something into, To view something as

事（こと）になる

It will end up being, It is the result of, It has been decided that

様（よう）になる

To reach the point that, To come to be that, To turn into

事（こと）にする

To decide on, Have decided to

様（よう）にする

To try to, To make sure to, To endeavor to

と

If, When, Whenever, And, [Conditional]

なら

Were it, If, If it's the case, As for (Conditional)

ば

If… then, (Conditional)

たら

When, From when, Just when, If

ばいい

Can, Should, It'd be good if

といい

It would be nice if, It would be good if, Should, I hope

もし

If (For emphasis)

～てはいけない

Must not, May not

～ては成（な）らない

Must not, Cannot, Should not

なければいけない

Must do, Have to do

なければならない

Must do, Have to do

なくてはいけない

Must do, Have to do

なくてはならない

Must do, Have to do

ないと

なくちゃ・なきゃ

Must do, Have to do

～てもいい

It is alright/fine/okay even if, Can/may, ~ is also okay

～ても構（かま）わない

It doesn't matter if, I don't mind

たい

が欲（ほ）しい

To want something, To be in need of

う・よう (Volitional)

Let's, I shall (Casual volitional)

ましょう

Let's, Shall we (Polite volitional)

ましょうか

Shall we, Shall I

たらどう

Why don't you...?, What if you did...?

と

と聞（き）いた

と思（おも）う

って

Casual quotation

って

As for, Speaking of, Casual は (Sentence topic marker)

と言（い）う

Called, Named, Known as, As much as

と言（い）うのは

~ Known as ~ is, ~ Called ~ is, ~ Means ~, Because

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