Today’s #kanji is 演, which is listed under its semantic element of #さんずいへん(氵). Its phonetic element is 寅 although 演 and 寅 do not share a sound.
~たつもり
つもり means an “intention”, but if つもり is used with a past tense verb, ~たつもり can express an assumption or conviction which may not necessarily true or real.
~たことにする
~たことにする a pattern used to intentionally make a false statement about something in the past: “not actually ~ but I will pretend ~.”
付
Today’s #kanji is 付, which is listed under the radical of #にんべん(亻). It is a compound ideograph made of a person (亻) and 寸.
~だけじゃなく/~だけでなく
~だけじゃなく (casual) / ~だけでなく (formal) means “not only ~” so inevitably a “but also” part which is indicated with the particle も follows.
~てごらん(なさい)
~てごらん or ~てごらんなさい is a gentle way to suggest an action to somebody who is junior to you such as your children, students, etc.
歯
Today’s #kanji is 歯 which makes its own radical of #はへん(歯). Originally 齒. The bottom half is its semantic element and the top half 止 is the phonetic element.
~たきり・・・(ない)
~たきり・・・(ない) means after the action of the たform verb is completed the condition described in the second half of the sentence is continuing.
~たいものだ/~たいものです
~たいものだ/~たいものです is a variation of ~たい(です) but it is used for a wish that is difficult to fulfill or something you have longed for for a long time.
抜
Today’s #kanji is 抜, which looks like 扌 and 友 but 抜’s original form is 拔 and that is made of its semantic element of #てへん(扌) and phonetic element of 犮.
~そうにみえる
~そうにみえる is used to describe your own opinion based on the appearance of somebody else or an external condition. Check more example sentences here.
~そうになる/そうになった
~そうになる is used when something out of a speaker’s control is about to happen. It is often used in the past tense to describe something that almost happened.
候
Today’s #kanji is 候 is listed under its semantic element of #にんべん(亻). Its phonetic element is 矦, which I have never seen used in the Japanese language.
~そうにない/そうもない/そうにもない
~そうにない, ~そうもない and ~そうにもない are used when you describe something that is unlikely to happen. This post explains how to use them and subtle differences among them
~そうにする/~そうにしている
~そうにする/~そうにしている means “to look ~” or “to seem ~”. ~そうにする/~そうにしている follows an adjective stem which describes a person’s feeling or sense.
得
Today’s #kanji is 得, which is listed under its semantic element of #ぎょうにんべん(彳). The right hand side of its original form was apparently made of 見 and 寸.
~だけでは…ない
~だけでは…ない is an expression for saying ~ is not sufficient to get an expected result. A potential (form) verb is often used in the latter half.
~ごとに
~ごとに follows a noun or a dictionary form verb and means “every ~” or “every time ~.” Differences between ~ごとに and ~たびに are explained at the bottom of this page.
原
Today’s #kanji is 原, which is listed its phonetic element of #がんだれ(厂). 原 used to be written as 厡 and 泉 is its semantic element. 原 is the original form of 源.
~させてください/~させてくださる
~させてください is used when you are asking for permission, “Please let me ~.” ~させてくださる is to express gratitude to someone for letting me do ~.