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Japanese particles

are small but important grammatical parts that work like glue between words to make perfect sentences. Grammatically, we can call them Japanese POSTpositions. We need to use them after words in proper ways. For English speakers, those word orders can be confusing, but fortunately some of the Japanese particles work in very similar ways that some of English prepositions do. This similarity would help Japanese learners better understand the Japanese particles.

Having said that, learning the particles as individual words is nearly impossible. We must learn them together with other words. On this blog, therefore, I explain how they work through example sentences that Japanese speakers would use in daily conversations.