Nominalising Verbs (こと) The ability to nominalise verbs is arguably the single piece of grammar that lets us move away from…
From (から) & Until (まで) From The particle から has various grammatical uses but its most basic meaning in Japanese is “from”. Like…
The Subject Particle (が) Explained (and the difference between は and が) Last but by no means least is the subject particle, が. This is the one particle that many…
The Difference Between は & が Like the も particle, the topic particle は can also append itself to other basic particles. The fact that…
The Connecting Particle (と) The most basic usage of the connecting particle と is—wait for it—to connect things. When used to connect…
The Contextual Particle (で) The contextual particle で is one of the most versatile and difficult to fully master. It has many…
The Target Particle (に) The three main uses of the target particle に are as follows: To show the target (objective) of…
The Object Particle (を) The object particle を lets us move from being able to say, “Robert ate” to “Robert ate an…
Counters in Japanese Counters “count” things. English doesn’t have counters. We just say the number to count objects, people, animals, e.g.…
The Japanese Number System Before we go much further let’s go through the Japanese number system, starting with 1-10. Number Kanji Hiragana…
Changing Adjectives into Adverbs Changing an adjective to an adverb (e.g. he ate quickly) in Japanese is simple, although the rules differ…
The Inclusive Particle (も) At first glance も appears to be quite a simple particle to use. Its most basic use is…