Learning Japanese Blog http://www.ideogramme.ca/japan/
A wonderfully clever blog about learning Japanese. As grammar is learned the author explains why it was confusing and how it was resolved. Much better than the standard textbook style method.
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Great List of Grammar Structures http://www.nafai.org......jpphrases/
3.8 Easy/difficult, advantageous, substantial
3.9 Start and finish doing, completion
3.10 Movement (te kuru, te iku)
3.11 From now on, begin to (te iku, te kuru)
3.15 Facts, things generally accepted as
4 Conjunctional phrases
4.1 Reason and cause
4.2 In order to, for, to, so that
4.4 Even, even though, although
4.5 Limiting (Without, because not, not...but, but, instead of)
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Cornell Univ Japanese Lessons http://lrc.cornell.edu/japanese/
Cornell University, Department of Asian Studies, Japanese Program, Kawasaki Japanese Learning Materials
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Japanese on-line http://www.hesjapanese.com
Do you love Japanese culture?
Just break down the language barrier.Japanese isn’t so hard after all, see it for yourself!
I’m inviting you to study, Maiko
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Japanese is Possible http://maktos.jimmyseal.net/jip.html
Your home for Japanese language, culture, video games, and anime.
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Yookoso Portal http://www.yookoso.com/
Yookoso! is a portal for those who study Japanese language (Nihongo) and writing (Kanji) and those who want to travel to Japan or learn more about Japanese culture, life, music (JPOP) and more
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Sakura Exercises http://www.arts.mona....../home.html
This site is intended for use by beginning level students of Japanese at Berwick Campus of Monash University in Australia. However, it is also available for general use.
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Quick & Dirty Japanese http://www.csse.mona......adgtj.html
The Quick and Dirty Guide to Japanese is a canonical classic of the Internet community. Posted years ago on the sci.lang.japan newsgroup, this guide appears in a multitude of pages written by folks such as myself, devoted to the learning of the Japanese language.
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Intransitive vs Transitive Verb Pairs http://www.sf.airnet......MPq0e.html
The rule is simple. The verb suru (to do) means transitivity, and the verb aru (to be) means intransitivity. They were attached to other verbs long ago to show transitivity and intransitivity. They are also related to the causative and passive forms.
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-Chatta & Kagiri http://maktos.tripod.com/jip/week22.html
Your home for Japanese language, culture, video games, and anime.
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Module Grammar http://www.gu.edu.au......frame.html
School of Languages and Linguistics - Modulerized grammar explanations. Independent from any textbook. (Grifith University, Australia)
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Existence Usage http://sa_yoshi.at.i......ntial.html
Aru and Iru existence usages explained.
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Doubt & Assumption http://japan-studies......tative.php
The dubitative form is used to express doubt, or an assumption. The dubitative is very closely related to the subjunctive in Japanese.
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Some Things to Remember http://www.griffith.......opics.html
Grammatically, one of the most misunderstood Japanese words by basic learners may be 「すき」. 「すき」is believed to be an equivalent verb of the English "to like".
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Diet suru http://www.jekai.org......00np79.htm
Definition: In Japan, the term "diet", is commonly used to mean "to lose weight by any method", not just through controlled diet. For example, exercising in order to lose weight is considered a form of dieto
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Noun-Forming Suffix http://www.jekai.org......00np72.htm
Banare - indicates separation from, loss of interest in, independence of, a distancing (of oneself) from, disillusionment with, or alienation from (something)
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Let's do this... http://japan-studies......nctive.php
With the subjunctive form you can encourage people to do something. In English this would translate as "Let's ...", or "Shall we ...?". There are two ways of constructing the subjunctive form.
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Noun Suffix http://www.jekai.org......00np71.htm
to consider or look upon something as (a problem etc.), to take the perspective that...
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Indirect Speech & Quoting http://japan-studies......speech.php
Quoting & citing, or direct & indirect speech are constructed with the "citing(to)". The citing (to) is placed after the full sentence which you want to cite, followed by a verb capable of citing like "to say", "to ask", or "to remember".
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Nuance Defining Verb http://www.jekai.org......00np73.htm
For forming compound verbs. Wakeru - to make distinctions, to differentiate (between); to use (A) and (B) for different purposes:
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