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This guide was created as a resource for those who want to learn Japanese grammar in a rational, intuitive way that makes sense in Japanese. The explanations are focused on how to make sense of the grammar not from English but from a Japanese point of view.

Before you begin

If your computer is not setup to display Japanese, you'll want to enable Japanese support to read the Japanese text.

Other formats

1. Paperback - Available on Amazon.

2. PDF Version - Philipp Kerling wrote an awesome script to convert the site to PDF.

3. iOS app - The guide is now available for iOS devices created by Adam Critchley.

4. Android app - The guide is now available on Google Play created by Ignatius Reza Lesmana.

This work is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike License.

The problem with conventional textbooks

The problem with conventional textbooks is that they often have the following goals.

1. They want readers to be able to use functional and polite Japanese as quickly as possible.

2. They don't want to scare readers away with terrifying Japanese script and Chinese characters.

3. They want to teach you how to say English phrases in Japanese.

Traditionally with romance languages such as Spanish, these goals present no problems or are nonexistent due to the similarities to English. However, because Japanese is different in just about every way down to the fundamental ways of thinking, these goals create many of the confusing textbooks you see today. They are usually filled with complicated rules and countless number of grammar for specific English phrases. They also contain almost no Kanji and so when you finally arrive in Japan, lo and behold, you discover you can't read menus, maps, or essentially anything at all because the book decided you weren't smart enough to memorize Chinese characters. The root of this problem lies in the fact that these textbooks try to teach you Japanese with English. They want to teach you on the first page how to say, "Hi, my name is Smith," but they don't tell you about all the arbitrary decisions that were made behind your back. They probably decided to use the polite form even though learning the polite form before the dictionary form makes no sense. They also might have decided to include the subject even though it's not necessary and omitted most of the time. In fact, the most common way to say something like "My name is Smith" in Japanese is to say "Smith". That's because most of the information is understood from the context and is therefore omitted. But do most textbooks explain the way things work in Japanese fundamentally? No, because they're too busy trying to push you out the door with "useful" phrases right off the bat. The result is a confusing mess of "use this if you want to say this" type of text and the reader is left with a feeling of confusion about how things actually work. sikisme The solution to this problem is to explain Japanese from a Japanese point of view. Take Japanese and explain how it works and forget about trying to force what you want to say in English into Japanese. To go along with this, it is also important to explain things in an order that makes sense in Japanese. If you need to know [A] in order to understand [B], don't cover [B] first just because you want to teach a certain phrase. Essentially, what we need is a Japanese guide to learning Japanese grammar.

A Japanese guide to learning Japanese grammar

This guide is an attempt to systematically build up the grammatical structures that make up the Japanese language in a way that makes sense in Japanese. It may not be a practical tool for quickly learning immediately usable phrases such as for travel. However, it will logically create successive building blocks that will result in a solid grammatical foundation. For those of you who have learned Japanese from textbooks, you may see some big differences in how the material is ordered and presented. This is because this guide does not seek to forcibly create artificial ties between English and Japanese by presenting the material in a way that makes sense in English. Instead, examples with translations will show how ideas are expressed in Japanese resulting in simpler explanations that are easier to understand. In the beginning, the English translations for the examples will also be as literal as possible to convey the Japanese sense of the meaning. This will often result in grammatically incorrect translations in English. For example, the translations might not have a subject because Japanese does not require one. In addition, since the articles "the" and "a" do not exist in Japanese, the translations will not have them as well. And since Japanese does not distinguish between a future action and a general statement (such as "I will go to the store" vs. "I go to the store"), no distinction will necessarily be made in the translation. It is my hope that the explanation of the examples will convey an accurate sense of what the sentences actually mean in Japanese. Once the reader becomes familiar and comfortable thinking in Japanese, the translations will be less literal in order to make the sentences more readable and focused on the more advanced topics. Be aware that there are advantages and disadvantages to systematically building a grammatical foundation from the ground up. In Japanese, the most fundamental grammatical concepts are often the most difficult to truly understand. This means that the hardest part of the language will come first. Textbooks usually don't take this approach; afraid that this will scare away or frustrate those interested in the language. Instead, they try to delay going deeply into the hardest conjugation rules with patchwork and gimmicks so that they can start teaching useful expressions right away. This is a fine approach for some, however; it can create more confusion and trouble along the way, much like building a house on a poor foundation. The hard parts must be covered no matter what. However, if you cover them in the beginning, the easier parts will be all that much easier because they'll fit nicely on top of the foundation you have built. Japanese is syntactically much more consistent than English. If you learn the hardest conjugation rules, most of remaining grammar builds upon similar or identical rules. The only difficult part from there on is sorting out and remembering all the various possible expressions and combinations in order to use them in the correct situations. ※Note: You will see half brackets like these: 「」 in the text. These are the Japanese version of quotation marks.

Suggestions

Here's my advice for practicing Japanese: if you find yourself trying to figure out how to say an English thought in Japanese, save yourself the trouble and stop because you won't get it right most of the time. You should always keep in mind that if you don't know how to say it already, then you don't know how to say it. Instead, if you can, ask someone how to say it in Japanese including a full explanation of the answer and start practicing from Japanese. Language is not a math problem; you don't have to figure out the answer. If you practice from the answer, you will develop good habits that will help you formulate correct and natural Japanese sentences. This is why I'm a firm believer of learning by example. Examples and experience will be your main tools in mastering Japanese. Therefore, even if you don't understand something completely the first time, just move on and keep referring back as you see more examples. This will allow you to get a better sense of how it's used in many different contexts. Even this guide will not have all the examples to cover every situation. But lucky for you, Japanese is everywhere, especially on the web. I recommend practicing Japanese as much as possible and referring to this guide only when you cannot understand the grammar. The Internet alone has a rich variety of reading materials including websites, bulletin boards, and online chat. Buying Japanese books or comic books is also an excellent (and fun) way to increase your vocabulary and practice reading skills. It's also important to keep in mind that it is impossible to learn good speaking and listening skills without actually conversing in Japanese. Practicing listening and speaking skills with fluent speakers of Japanese is a must if you wish to master conversational skills. While audio listening material can be very educational, there is nothing better than interacting with a real human for learning pronunciation, intonation, and natural conversation flow. If you have specific questions that are not addressed in this guide, you can ask them on the facebook group. Don't feel discouraged by the vast amount of material that you will need to master. Remember that every new word or grammar learned is one step closer to mastering the language!

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Erin's Challenge - Learn onomatopeia with manga

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「見える」と「見られる」の違いについて

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In Japanese, the ability to do a certain action is expressed by conjugating the verb rather than adding a word such as the words "can" or "able to" in the case of English. All verbs conjugated into the potential form become a ru-verb.

The Potential Form

Vocabulary

1. 見る 【み・る】 (ru-verb) - to see

2. 遊ぶ 【あそ・ぶ】 (u-verb) - to play

3. する (exception) - to do

4. 来る 【く・る】 (exception) - to come

5. 出来る 【で・き・る】 (ru-verb) - to be able to do

6. 食べる 【た・べる】 (ru-verb) - to eat

7. 着る 【き・る】 (ru-verb) - to wear

8. 信じる 【しん・じる】 (ru-verb) - to believe

9. 寝る 【ね・る】 (ru-verb) - to sleep

10. 起きる 【お・きる】 (ru-verb) - to wake; to occur

11. 出る 【で・る】 (ru-verb) - to come out

12. 掛ける 【か・ける】 (ru-verb) - to hang

13. 調べる 【しら・べる】 (ru-verb) - to investigate

14. 話す 【はな・す】 (u-verb) - to speak

15. 書く 【か・く】 (u-verb) - to write

16. 待つ 【ま・つ】 (u-verb) - to wait

17. 飲む 【の・む】 (u-verb) - to drink

18. 取る 【と・る】 (u-verb) - to take

19. 死ぬ 【し・ぬ】 (u-verb) - to die

20. 買う 【か・う】 (u-verb) - to buy

21. 漢字 【かん・じ】 - Kanji

22. 残念 【ざん・ねん】 (na-adj) - unfortunate

23. 今週末 【こん・しゅう・まつ】 - this weekend

24. 行く 【い・く】 (u-verb) - to go

25. もう - already

Once again, the conjugation rules can be split into three major groups: ru-verbs, u-verbs, and exception verbs. However, the potential form of the verb 「する」 (meaning "to do") is a special exception because it becomes a completely different verb: 「できる」 （出来る）

※Remember that all potential verbs become ru-verbs.

It is also possible to just add 「れる」 instead of the full 「られる」 for ru-verbs. For example, 「食べる」 becomes 「食べれる」 instead of 「食べられる」. I suggest learning the official 「られる」 conjugation first because laziness can be a hard habit to break and the shorter version, though common, is considered to be slang.

Examples

Potential forms do not have direct objects

Vocabulary

1. 富士山 【ふ・じ・さん】 - Mt. Fuji

2. 登る 【のぼ・る】 (u-verb) - to climb

3. 重い 【おも・い】 (i-adj) - heavy

4. 荷物 【に・もつ】 - baggage

5. 持つ 【も・つ】 (u-verb) - to hold

The potential form indicates that something is possible but no actual action is actually taken. While the potential form is still a verb, because it is describing the state of feasibility, in general, you don't want to use the direct object 「を」 as you would with the non-potential form of the verb. For example the following sentences sound unnatural.

Here are the versions using either 「が」 or 「は」 instead:

Vocabulary

1. 見える 【み・える】 (ru-verb) - to be visible

2. 聞こえる 【き・こえる】 (ru-verb) - to be audible

3. 今日 【きょう】 - today

4. 晴れる 【は・れる】 (ru-verb) - to be sunny

5. 富士山 【ふ・じ・さん】 - Mt. Fuji

6. 友達 【とも・だち】 - friend

7. おかげ - thanks to

8. 映画 【えい・が】 - movie

9. ただ - free of charge; only

10. 見る 【み・る】 (ru-verb) - to see

11. こと - event, matter

12. 出来る 【で・き・る】 (ru-verb) - to be able to do

13. 久しぶり 【ひさ・しぶり】 - after a long time

14. 彼 【かれ】 - he; boyfriend

15. 声 【こえ】 - voice

16. 聞く 【き・く】 (u-verb) - to ask; to listen

17. 周り 【まわ・り】 - surroundings

18. うるさい (i-adj) - noisy

19. 言う 【い・う】 (u-verb) - to say

20. あまり／あんまり - not very (when used with negative)

There are two verbs 「見える」 and 「聞こえる」 that mean that something is visible and audible, respectively. When you want to say that you can see or hear something, you'll want to use these verbs. If however, you wanted to say that you were given the opportunity to see or hear something, you would use the regular potential form. However, in this case, it is more common to use the type of expression as seen in example 3.

Examples

You can see that example 3 uses the generic noun for an event to say literally, "The event of seeing movie was able to be done." which essentially means the same thing as 「見られる」. You can also just use generic noun substitution to substitute for 「こと」.

Here's some more examples using 「聞く」, can you tell the difference? Notice that 「聞こえる」 always means "audible" and never "able to ask".

「ある」, yet another exception

Vocabulary

1. そんな - that sort of

2. こと - event, matter

3. 有り得る 【あ・り・え・る／あ・り・う・る】 (ru-verb) - to possibly exist

4. 彼 【かれ】 - he; boyfriend

5. 寝坊【ね・ぼう】 - oversleep

6. する (exception) - to do

7. それ - that

8. 話 【はなし】 - story

You can say that something has a possibility of existing by combining 「ある」 and the verb 「得る」 to produce 「あり得る」. This essentially means 「ある ことができる」 except that nobody actually says that, they just use 「あり得る」. This verb is very curious in that it can be read as either 「ありうる」 or 「ありえる」, however; all the other conjugations such as 「ありえない」、「ありえた」、and 「ありえなかった」 only have one possible reading using 「え」.

Examples

1. 彼が寝坊 した こともね。
It's also possible that he overslept. (lit: The event that he overslept also possibly exists.)

2. それは、話だよ。
That's an impossible story/scenario. (lit: That story/scenario cannot exist.)

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Using 「みたい」 to say something looks like something else

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Using 「みたい」 to say something looks like something else

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In Japanese there are many different ways to express likeness or similarity depending on appearance, behavior, or outcome. When learning these expressions for the first time, it is difficult to understand what the differences are between them because they all translate to the same thing in English. This lesson is designed to study the differences between these expressions so that you can start to get a sense of which is appropriate for what you want to say.

Vocabulary

1. ここ - here

2. 誰 【だれ】 - who

3. いる (ru-verb) - to exist (animate)

4. 映画 【えい・が】 - movie

5. 観る 【み・る】 (ru-verb) - to watch

6. 学生 【がく・せい】 - student

7. 静か 【しず・か】 (na-adj) - quiet

8. あの - that (over there) （abbr. of あれの）

9. 人 【ひと】 - person

10. 見る 【み・る】 (ru-verb) - to see

11. 気 【き】 - mood; intent

12. する (exception) - to do

13. 彼 【かれ】 - he; boyfriend

14. 雰囲気【ふん・い・き】 - atmosphere; mood

15. ちょっと - a little

16. 怒る 【おこ・る】 (u-verb) - to get angry

17. 聞こえる 【き・こえる】 (ru-verb) - to be audible

18. 何 【なに／なん】 - what

19. 起こる 【おこ・る】 (u-verb) - to happen

20. 言う 【い・う】 (u-verb) - to say

We've already briefly gone over 「よう」 and learned that 「よう」 means an appearance or manner. We can use this definition to say that something has an appearance or manner of a certain state. This word can be used in many ways to express similarity. The simplest example is by directly modifying the relative clause. When the sentence ends in 「よう」, you must explicitly express the state-of-being by adding 「だ」, 「です」, or 「でございます」.

When directly modifying nouns or na-adjectives, you must use the 「の」 particle for nouns or attach 「な」 to na-adjectives.

Notice that example 1 does not say that the person looks like a student. Rather, the declarative 「だ」 states that the person appears to be a student. On a side note, you can't say 「おいしい ようだ」 to say that something looks tasty. This is like saying, "This dish apparently is tasty," which can actually be kind of rude.

You can also use it as a na-adjective to describe something that appears to be something else.

Finally, we can attach the target particle to say things like, "I heard it like that" or "I said it like...".

Using 「みたい」 to say something looks like something else

Vocabulary

1. 見る 【み・る】 (ru-verb) - to see

2. 犬 【いぬ】 - dog

3. もう - already

4. 売り切れ 【う・り・き・れ】 - sold out

5. 制服 【せい・ふく】 - uniform

6. 着る 【き・る】 (ru-verb) - to wear

7. 姿 【すがた】 - figure

8. 学生 【がく・せい】 - student

9. この - this （abbr. of これの）

10. ピザ - pizza

11. お好み焼き 【お・この・み・や・き】 - okonomiyaki (Japanese-style pancake)

12. 見える 【み・える】 (ru-verb) - to be visible

Another way to express similarity which is considered more casual is by using 「みたい」. Do not confuse this with the 「たい」 conjugation of 「見る」. The main difference is that this 「みたい」 can be attached directly to nouns, adjectives, and verbs just like particles which i-adjectives like 「～たい」 obviously can't do.

Using 「みたい」 to say something looks like something else

Attach 「みたい」 to the noun that bears the resemblance. 「みたい」 conjugates like a noun or na-adjective and not an i-adjective.

Examples

The implied meaning here is the person wearing the uniform is not really a student because he/she only looks like a student. This is different from example 3 from the previous 「よう」 section which implied that the person appears to be (but might not be) a student. Again, we also can't say 「おいしいみたい」 to say that something looks tasty because it implies that, in actuality, the food might not be so good.

Don't forget that 「みたい」 does not conjugate like the 「～たい」 form or i-adjectives.

「みたい」 is a grammar used mostly for conversational Japanese. Do not use it in essays, articles, or anything that needs to sound authoritative. You can use 「よう」 instead in the following fashion.

Guessing at an outcome using 「～そう」

Vocabulary

1. いい (i-adj) - good

2. バランス - balance

3. 崩れる 【くず・れる】 (ru-verb) - to collapse; to crumble

4. 一瞬 【いっ・しゅん】 - an instant

5. 倒れる 【たお・れる】 (ru-verb) - to collapse; to fall

6. この - this （abbr. of これの）

7. 辺り 【あた・り】 - vicinity

8. ある (u-verb) - to exist (inanimate)

9. 漬物 【つけ・もの】 - pickled vegetable

10. おいしい (i-adj) - tasty

11. これ - this

12. 結構 【けっ・こう】 - fairly, reasonably

13. やはり／やっぱり - as I thought

14. 高い 【たか・い】 (i-adj) - high; tall; expensive

15. お前 【お・まえ】 - you (casual)

16. 金髪 【きん・ぱつ】 - blond hair

17. 女 【おんな】 - woman; girl

18. 好き 【す・き】 (na-adj) - likable; desirable

19. もう - already

20. ～時 【～じ】 - counter for hours

21. なる (u-verb) - to become

22. 来る 【く・る】 (exception) - to come

23. ただ - free of charge; only

24. 試合 【し・あい】 - match, game

25. その - that （abbr. of それの）

26. 人 【ひと】 - person

27. 学生 【がく・せい】 - student

28. かわいい (i-adj) - cute

29. かわいそう (i-adj) - pitiable

30. 犬 【いぬ】 - dog

The problem with English is that the expression, "seems like" has too many meanings. It can mean similarity in appearance, similarity in behavior or even that current evidence points to a likely outcome. We will now learn how to say the third meaning: how to indicate a likely outcome given the situation.

Just like the grammar we have learned so far in this lesson, we can use this grammar by simply attaching 「そう」 to the end of verbs, and adjectives. However, there are four important different cases. Actually, I just noticed this but the conjugation rules are exactly the same as the 「～すぎる」 grammar we learned in the last section. The only difference is that for the adjective 「いい」, you need to change it to 「よさ」 before attaching 「そう」 to create 「よさそう」.

Rules for conjugation

1. Verbs must be changed to the stem.

2. The 「い」 in i-adjectives must be dropped except for 「いい」.

3. 「いい」 must first be conjugated to 「よさ」.

4. For all negatives, the 「い」 must be replaced with 「さ」.

5. This grammar does not work with plain nouns.

1. Verb must be changed to the stem.

For ru-verbs, remove the 「る」

For u-verbs, change the / u / vowel sound to an / i / vowel sound

2. The 「い」 in i-adjectives must be dropped.

In the next example, the 「い」 has been dropped from 「おいしい」.

Exception: The only exception to this rule is the adjective 「いい」. When using this grammar with 「いい」, you must first change it to 「よさ」.

Nothing needs to be done for na-adjectives.

3. For all negatives, the 「い」 must be replaced with 「さ」.

The negative of 「来る」 is 「こない」 so when used with 「～そう」, it becomes 「こなさそう」.

Identical to the 「～すぎる」 grammar, i-adjectives that are derived from the negative 「～ない」
like 「もったいない」 or 「情けない」 also follow this rule as well (which would be 「もったいなさそう」 and 「情けなさそう」 in this case).

4. This grammar does not work with plain nouns.

There are other grammar we have already covered that can be used to indicate that something is likely to be something else.

Be careful never to use 「かわいい」 with this grammar. 「かわいそう」 is a completely different word used when you feel sorry for something or someone. 「かわいい」 means, "to look cute" already so you never need to use any of the grammar in this lesson to say something looks cute.

Expressing hearsay using 「～そうだ」

Vocabulary

1. 明日 【あした】 - tomorrow

2. 雨 【あめ】 - rain

3. 降る 【ふ・る】(u-verb) - to precipitate

4. 毎日 【まい・にち】 - everyday

5. 会う 【あ・う】 (u-verb) - to meet

6. 行く 【い・く】 (u-verb) - to go

7. 彼 【かれ】 - he; boyfriend

8. 高校生 【こう・こう・せい】 - high school student

9. 今日 【きょう】 - today

10. 田中 【た・なか】 - Tanaka (last name)

11. 来る 【く・る】 (exception) - to come

The reason that there are so many annoying rules to using 「～そう」 is to distinguish it from this next grammar we will learn. This is a useful grammar for talking about things you heard that doesn't necessary have anything to do with how you yourself, think or feel. Unlike the last grammar we learned, you can simply attach 「そうだ」 to verbs and i-adjectives. For na-adjectives and nouns, you must indicate the state-of-being by adding 「だ」 to the noun/na-adjective. Also, notice that 「そう」 itself must always end in 「だ」、「です」、or 「でございます」. These differences are what distinguishes this grammar from the one we learned in the last section. There are no tenses for this grammar.

Don't forget to add 「だ」 for nouns or na-adjectives.

When starting the sentence with this grammar, you also need to add 「だ」 just like you do with 「だから」

Expressing hearsay or behavior using 「～らしい」

Vocabulary

1. 今日 【きょう】 - today

2. 田中 【た・なか】 - Tanaka (last name)

3. 来る 【く・る】 (exception) - to come

4. あの - that (over there) （abbr. of あれの）

5. 人 【ひと】 - person

6. 何 【なん】 - what

7. 美由紀 【み・ゆ・き】 - Miyuki (first name)

8. 友達 【とも・だち】 - friend

9. 子 【こ】 - child

10. 子供 【こ・ども】 - child

11. 大人 【おとな】 - adult

12. する (exception) - to do

13. つもり - intention, plan

14. 大騒ぎ 【おお・さわ・ぎ】 - big commotion

「らしい」 can be directly attached to nouns, adjectives, or verbs to show that things appear to be a certain way due to what you've heard. This is different from 「～そうだ」because 「～そうだ」 indicates something you heard about specifically while 「らしい」 means things seem to be a certain way based on some things you heard about the subject. 「らしい」 conjugates like a normal i-adjective.

Example 1

Ｂ：こない らしい。
B: Seems like it (based on what I heard).

Example 2

Ｂ：美由紀 さんの友達 らしいですよ。
B: Seems to be Miyuki-san's friend (based on what I heard).

Another way to use 「らしい」 is to indicate that a person seems to be a certain thing due to his behavior.

大人 らしくする つもりだったのに、大騒ぎ してしまった。
Despite the fact that I planned to act like an adult, I ended up making a big ruckus.

「っぽい」: Slang expression of similarity

Vocabulary

1. あの - that (over there) （abbr. of あれの）

2. 人 【ひと】 - person

3. 韓国人 【かん・こく・じん】 - Korean person

4. 皆 【みんな】 - everybody

5. もう - already

6. 全部 【ぜん・ぶ】 - everything

7. 食べる 【た・べる】 (ru-verb) - to eat

8. 恭子 【きょう・こ】 - Kyouko (first name)

9. 全然 【ぜん・ぜん】 - not at all (when used with negative)

10. 女 【おんな】 - woman; girl

A really casual way to express similarity is to attach 「っぽい」 to the word that reflects the resemblance. Because this is a very casual expression, you can use it as a casual version for all the different types of expression for similarity covered above.

「 っぽい」 conjugates just like an i-adjective, as seen by example 3 below.

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In Japanese there are many different ways to express likeness or similarity depending on appearance, behavior, or outcome. When learning these expressions for the first time, it is difficult to understand what the differences are between them because they all translate to the same thing in English.