Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Nouns and Adjectives
Counters: Only each and more だけ・ずつ・もう
Adjectives from Nouns: てき
Nouns from Verbs: How to do かた
Nouns from Adjectives: さ
The most Part 2 いちばん
Is called という
Chapter 2: Verbs
Verb Groups from the Dictionary Form
The Te form from the Dictionary Form
Plain Negative from the Dictionary Form
Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
The Volitional Form from the ます Form
from the Dictionary Form
Common Uses and Idioms
Honorifics Special Verbs
Chapter 3: Particles
Question words and Particles か Some
でも Any
も + ない No
も Every, any, some
Only Part 1 だけ
Only Part 2 しか with ない
Quotation marker と
Chapter 4: Joining Sentences
After あとで
After doing ~てから
Alternating states ~たり~たりする Part 2
Although のに
And, what’s more し
Because ので
Before まえ
Conditional Sentences: If and When ~たら
Conditional Sentences: If ~ば
Conditional Sentences: When と
Embedded Questions かどうか
か vs かどうか
Even though, even if ても
Purpose ために
Relative Clauses
So that ように
When ときに
While あいだに
Chapter 5: Sentence Endings
Accidental and Completed Actions ~てしまう
Comparisons: Negative Comparisons ほど
Decisions ことにする・ことになる
Describing Changes なる
Duty べき
Easy and hard to do やすい・にくい
Expectations はず
Giving Advice: You should ~たほうがいい・~たらいい
Giving Advice: You should not ~ないほうがいい
Giving and Receiving もらう・あげる・くれる
Giving and Receiving Favours ~てもらう・あげる・くれる
Intentions つもり
It seems, it looks そう
It seems that; reporting information らしい
It looks like, it’s like よう
Might かもしれません
Obligation: You must ~なければなりません
Opinions とおもう
Permission not to do: You don’t have to ~なくてもいい
Plans よてい
Prohibition: You must not ~てはいけません
Reporting on Information from a Source ~によると………そうです
Want: I want you to ~てほしい