JLPT Grammar List
Every grammar point from N5 to N1, with how to form it and example sentences.
JLPT N4
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| Verb + 続ける | To continue doing or to keep doing an action. | |
| ～といい | Express a wish or hope; 'I hope', 'it would be good if'. | |
| ～ので | Express a reason or a cause for something; 'because', 'since', 'so'. | |
| ～に | Indicates direction, destination, purpose, or time. | |
| ～で | Indicates the means, method, or place. | |
| ～のです | Provides an explanation or gives background information; 'the fact is', 'the reason is', 'actually'. | |
| ～までに | Express 'by' or 'before' a certain time or action. | |
| Noun の 間に | Expresses 'while' or 'during' a specific period or time. | |
| Verb ている間に | Expresses 'while' or 'during the time' something is happening. | |
| Noun + 中 | Express 'in the middle of', 'during', or 'in the process of'. | |
| Noun に する | Used to indicate a choice or decision, 'to decide on' or 'to choose'. | |
| Noun に なる | To become; to change into; to turn into. | |
| い-Adjective く する/なる | Express a change happening or making something change. | |
| な-adjective に する/なる | Used to indicate change or decision; 'to become' or 'to make' with na-adjectives. | |
| Verb ようになる | Express a change in ability, situation or state; 'become able to', 'come to', 'begin to'. | |
| Verb ようにする | Make an effort to; try to; see to it that; ensure that. | |
| Verb ように | Express a purpose you cannot directly control, a wish, or a reported instruction; 'so that', 'I hope', 'tell to'. | |
| Verb ように言う | Tell someone to do something; 'tell to do', 'instruct to do'. | |
| のために | Used to express purpose or reason; 'for', 'for the sake of', 'in order to'. | |
| Verb ために | Express the purpose of an action; 'in order to', 'for the sake of'. | |
| Verb る ことがある | Express that something happens sometimes or now and then; 'sometimes', 'there are times when'. | |
| Verb ない ことがある | Expresses that something doesn't always happen or there are occasions when it doesn't happen. | |
| Verb た ことがある | Expresses the experience of having done something in the past. | |
| Verb ることにする | Decide to do something, make a decision. | |
| ～はずだ | Expresses an expectation, 'should' or 'it is supposed to'. | |
| Verb る ことになる | Indicates that something has been decided or arranged; 'it has been decided that', 'it turns out that'. | |
| Verb ない + ことにする | To decide not to do something. | |
| Verb ない ことになる | Expresses that it has been decided, by others or by circumstances, that something will not happen; 'it's been decided that ~ won't'. | |
| Verb て いる | Expresses an ongoing action or a state resulting from a past action. | |
| Verb て ある | Indicates that an action has been done and its result is still in effect. | |
| ～らしい | Expresses hearsay; 'I heard', 'it seems', 'apparently'. | |
| Verb て いく | Expresses an action that continues on into the future or a change that progresses over time. | |
| Verb て くる | An action that starts in the past and continues to the present or future; 'come to', 'begin to', 'become'. | |
| Verb てみる | Do something to see what it is like or what happens; 'try doing', 'give it a try'. | |
| Verb てしまう | Expresses unintentional actions or actions with regrettable outcomes; 'to end up doing', 'to accidentally do'. | |
| Verb ておく | Perform an action in preparation for a future situation; 'to do something in advance'. | |
| Verb 方 | Indicates the way or method of doing something; often read as '～かた'. | |
| Verb やすい | Indicates that something is easy to do; 'easy to', 'easy for'. | |
| Verb にくい | Express difficulty or complexity; 'hard to', 'difficult to', 'not easily'. | |
| ～すぎる | Expresses that something is excessive or overdone; 'too much', 'too', 'over'. | |
| Verb られる | Express the passive voice; 'be done (by)'. For る-verbs and くる, the same form can also mean 'can do'. | |
| Verb させる | Expresses 'to make someone do something', 'to let someone do something', or 'to cause someone to do something'. | |
| Verb させられる | Express the passive causative form; 'to be made to', 'to be forced to'. | |
| ～させてください | Politely ask for permission to do something yourself; 'please let me', 'allow me to'. | |
| Verb たほうがいい | Used to give advice or make a suggestion to someone - 'it's better if...'. | |
| Verb ないほうがいい | Expresses the idea that it is better not to do something. | |
| ～ばいい | Express a suggestion or advice; 'should', 'it would be good if'. | |
| ～も | Indicates 'also', 'too', or 'as well'. | |
| ～んです | Provide an explanation or reason; 'it is that', 'the thing is', 'the reason is'. | |
| ～たら どうですか | Express a suggestion or advice; 'what if', 'how about', 'why don't you'. |
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