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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 Japanese te form? To tell the truth, Japanese native speakers do not know what the te form is. They don’t learn the Japanese language in the same way as Japanese learners do. In general, however, when we say “te form”, it refers to a …
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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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Wrong pronunciations are not always wrong Correct pronunciations are important. This is not unique to Japanese. In any language, we need to know correct pronunciations to avoid possible misunderstandings. In this blog post, however, I will focus …
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How to say "weather" in Japanese Japanese people would say "tenki". It is the Japanese word for 'weather'. In this blog post, I will explain this word in detail based on its kanji expression. And also, I will explain how to use it through example sentences. Let's get started! Contents Definition and meaning …
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What does "urusai" mean in Japanese? Native speakers say "urusai" to mean 'noisy' or 'loud' in Japanese. In this blog post, I will explain this word and its major conjugations. And also, I will explain how to use them through example sentences. Let's get started! Contents Definition and meanings of …
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How to say "woman" in Japanese There are multiple ways to say "woman" in Japanese. In this blog post, however, I will focus on the three of them: "on'na", "josei", and "on'nanohito". I will explain these words in detail and how to use them through example sentences. My explanations would help Japanese learners to …
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How to make nouns from adjectives in Japanese Japanese people make nouns from adjectives by using the suffixes, "sa" and "mi". These can work in very similar ways that English suffixes like "-ness", "-tion", and the like do. In this blog post, I will explain how to use them to make nouns from adjectives in Japanese. …
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What does "konbanwa" mean in Japanese? Native speakers say "konbanwa" to mean 'good evening' in Japanese. In this blog post, I will explain this greeting in detail based on its components. And also, I will explain how to use it through an example. Let's get started! Contents Definition and meaning of …
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