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Japanese Particles Master is a blog written by Masaki Mori, focusing on Japanese particles, vocabulary, grammar rules, and widely used expressions.
In this blog, you can learn the Japanese language with in-depth explanations and example sentences. Especially, explanations on words based on their kanji expressions will help you to remember them easily as well as to understand their concepts which native speakers have in their minds.
Like the English prepositions, small parts in Japanese are important to make phrases and sentences sound natural. Especially, Japanese particles and conjugative parts are important.
Learning them as individual words is very possible. In most cases, however, leaning them through example sentences is much more effective. In this blog, therefore, they are explained in as much detail as possible through example sentences which native speakers would use in daily conversations.
What is "ka" in Japanese? Japanese native speakers use "ka" mainly in the five different ways: connecting nouns, making questions, expressing uncertainty, showing understanding, and making suggestions. In this blog post, I will explain how to use …
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Is there any plural in Japanese? It's very hard to answer this question. Normally, Japanese native speakers do not differentiate the plural nouns from the singular. In other words, the border is very, very ambiguous. This fact would be surprising …
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What does "Tokyo" mean in Japanese? I think that many people know the name of the capital of Japan: Tokyo. However, most of them don't know what it really means in the Japanese language. In this blog post, therefore, I will explain this name as …
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What does "shukudai" mean in Japanese? Native speakers say "shukudai" to mean 'homework' in Japanese. Perhaps, some Japanese learners know this word as it is often used in Japanese textbooks. In this blog post, however, I will explain this word in detail based on its kanji expression. And also, I will explain how to …
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What does "kitto" mean in Japanese? Native speakers say "kitto" to mean 'most likely', 'surely', 'definitely', or such in Japanese. Perhaps, some Japanese learners know this word as it is sometimes used in Japanese conversations. In this blog post, however, I will explain its definition, meanings, and usages with …
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What does "gaikoku" mean in Japanese? Native speakers say "gaikoku" to mean 'foreign country' in Japanese. Probably, many Japanese learners know this word as it is often used in textbooks. In this blog post, however, I will explain this word in detail based on its kanji expression. And also, I will explain how to …
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What does "kusuri" mean in Japanese? Native speakers say "kusuri" to mean 'medicine' or 'drug' in Japanese. Perhaps, some Japanese learners know this word as it is sometimes used in Japanese conversations. In this blog post, however, I will explain this word in detail based on its kanji character. And also, I will …
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What does "sugu" mean in Japanese? Native speakers say "sugu" to mean 'soon', 'immediately', or such in Japanese. Probably, many Japanese learners know this word as it is often used in Japanese conversations. In this blog post, however, I will explain its definition, meanings, and usages with example sentences. My …
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