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（～は）…がじょうずです。

Connection [person] は [activity] がじょうずです。= [person] is good at [activity]. (Do not use for yourself or other people’s professional…

Describing people using personは △△が～です

xxx は yyy が zzz です has both the topic marker は and the subject marker が in one sentence, meaning “talking about xxx, yyy is zzz.”

未

Today’s #kanji is #未, which is apparently a pictogram of a tree with many branches. Then, do you know what…

Children – how do you call them in Japanese?

Today’s post is about how to refer to one’s child(ren) in Japanese such as my oldest child, my second son, a daughter-in-law, etc.

～すえ

Today’s Question 長年ながねんの努力どりょくの＿＿に、店みせを持もつことができました。a. うち b. すえ c. とき d. まえ Today’s Grammar Point: ～すえ、～すえに、～すえの (followed by a noun) Connection [noun]…

末

Today’s #kanji is #末, which is a logogram consisting of 木 (a tree) and a line in the upper part,…

いadjectives and なadjectives (2)

In the post, いadjectives and なadjectives, I explained that there are 2 different kind of adjectives and that they behave…

いadjectives and なadjectives

This post talks about the difference between いadjectives and なadjectives as well as この vs これ.

あまり～と

Today’s Grammar Point: あまり（に/にも）～と / あんまり（にも）～と Connection あまり（に/にも） [いadj] と: if too ～あまり（に/にも） [なadj] だと: if too ～あまり（に/にも） [verb] と: if ～ excessively…

あまり～ない

Today’s Grammar Point: あまり～ない / あんまり～ない Connection あまり [いadj] ない: not very ～あまり [なadj] ない: not very ～あまり [verb] ない: not very…

あまりの～に…

Today’s post is about the expression あまりの～に…, which means because of excessive ～, …. Read example sentences and get the feel of its usage.

あまりに～

Today’s Grammar Point: あまりに（も）～ Connection あまりに（も） [いadj]あまりに（も） [なadj]あまりに（も） [verb] Possible English Translation so ～ that ･･･too ～ to ･･･ (when…

～あまり、･･･

Today’s Question What would you put in the blank to make both sentences mean the same?とても感激かんげきして、泣ないてしまった。感激かんげきの＿＿＿、泣ないてしまった。 Today’s Grammar Point: ～あまり、･･･…