Today’s grammar point is ～ようなきがする. 気がする alone already means “to have a hunch that…” but by adding ～ような, it gives the feeling that the hunch is not as strong.
～ようでもあり…/～ようでもあるし…/～ような…ような
Today’s grammar point is ～ようでもあり…, which is used in an ambivalent situation. I can be rephrased as ～ようでもあるし… or in a conversation, ～ような…ような can be used.
～ようがない/～ようもない/～ようのない…
Today’s grammar point is ～ようがない. ～ようがない means “there is no way ～” which is an expression to emphasise something is impossible.
～やら…やら
Today’s Grammar point is ～やら…やら, which is a casual/conversational version of ～や…や which is used to give examples. やら being used once is a different expression
～べつに/～べつで/～べつの/～べつ
Today’s grammar point is ～べつに/～べつで/～べつの/～べつ. This べつ follows a noun only and means “classified by ～.” Check examples here.
～べきだった/～べきじゃなかった
Today’s grammar point is ～べきだった/～べきじゃなかった, the past tense of ～べきだ/～べきじゃない. ～べきだった/～べきじゃなかった is very similar to …
～べき/～べきだ/～べきじゃない/～べきではない
Today’s grammar point is ～べき equivalent of the English auxiliary verb “should.” べき only follows a dictionary form verb and …
～ふりをする
Today’s grammar point is ～ふりをする. ふり here means “make-believe” or “simulation”, so ふりをする means “to pretend.” Check examples here.
～ぶり
Today’s grammar point is ～ぶり. This ぶり follows a phrase that describes the length of time and means “for the first time in ～.”
～ぶり/～っぷり
Today’s post is about the suffix ～ぶり/～っぷり. It connects to a noun or a verb stem and describes the way things are or how something is done.
～ばよかった/～なければよかった
Today’s grammar point is ～ばよかった/～なければよかった which is an expression to state a regret, “I should have ～” or “I shouldn’t have ～.”
～はもちろん
Today’s post is based on the adverb もちろん, which itself means “of course,” “needless to say,” “naturally,” etc.” It can be used in the form of “～はもちろんです”
～はべつとして/～はべつにして
Today’s grammar point is ～はべつとして/～はべつにして, which is used to list exclusions, “apart from ～,” “aside from ～,” “save ～,” etc.
～はじめる
Today’s grammar point is ～はじめる, to start to ～, which is similar to ～だす. This post explains the differences between the two with examples.
～ばかりでなく…も
Today’s grammar point is ～ばかりでなく…も, which means “not only ～ but also ….” It is very similar to “～だけでなく…も.” This post explain the usage difference between them.
～ばいい/～なければいい
Today’s grammar point is ～ばいい/～なければいい, which is an expression to state the speaker’s wish “I hope … will ～” or “I hope … won’t ～.”
～ば～ほど…/～ば～だけ…
Today’s Grammar point is ～ば～ほど…/～ば～だけ…, “the more ～, the more ….” We use the same word twice, once in the ばform and the other in the dictionary form.
やむ/～やむ
Today’s post is about the verb やむ, which means “for something that has been continuing to stop or subside” without any involvement of the speaker.
～もの/～もん
Today’s grammar point is the sentence ending particle もの/もん to describe a cause or reason. ～もの/～もん is usually used in a casual scene with a plain form ending.
～むき/～むけ
Today’s grammar point is ～むき that describes suitability for ～. Depending on how it’s used, the words that follow ～むき vary.
