JLPT N5 Grammar Points

• い-adjectives

  N5

  i-adjectives

  i-adjectives

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• な-adjectives

  N5

  na-adjectives

  na-adjectives

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• いつも

  N5

  itsumo

  always; usually; habitually

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• か

  N5

  ka

  question particle

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• から

  N5

  kara

  because; since; from

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• か～か

  N5

  ka~ka

  or

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• が

  N5

  ga

  subject marker; however; but ~

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• があります

  N5

  ga arimasu

  there is; is (non-living things)

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• がいます

  N5

  ga imasu

  there is; to be; is (living things)

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• がほしい

  N5

  ga hoshii

  to want something

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• けど

  N5

  kedo

  but; however; although ~

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• けれども

  N5

  keredo mo

  but; however; although ~

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• しかし

  N5

  shikashi

  but; however ~

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• に行く（にいく）

  N5

  ni iku

  go to do ~

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• じゃない・ではない

  N5

  janai / dewa nai

  to not be (am not; is not; are not)

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• すぎる

  N5

  sugiru

  too much

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• そして

  N5

  soshite

  and; and then; thus; and now ~

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• それから

  N5

  sore kara

  and; and then; after that; since then

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• たい

  N5

  tai

  want to do something

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• たことがある

  N5

  ta koto ga aru

  to have done something before

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• たり～たり

  N5

  tari~tari

  do such things as A and B

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• だ / です

  N5

  da / desu

  to be (am, is, are, were, used to)

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• だけ

  N5

  dake

  only; just; as much as ~

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• だろう

  N5

  darou

  I think; it seems; probably; right?

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• ちゃいけない・じゃいけない

  N5

  cha ikenai / ja ikenai

  must not do (spoken Japanese)

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• つもり

  N5

  tsumori

  plan to ~; intend to ~

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• てある

  N5

  te aru

  is/has been done (resulting state)

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• ている

  N5

  te iru

  ongoing action or current state

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• てから

  N5

  te kara

  after doing ~

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• てください

  N5

  te kudasai

  please do

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• てはいけない

  N5

  te wa ikenai

  must not; may not; cannot

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• てもいいです

  N5

  temo ii desu

  is OK to ~; is alright to ~; may I ~?

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• で

  N5

  de

  in; at; on; by; with; via ~

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• でしょう

  N5

  deshou

  I think; it seems; probably; right?

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• でも

  N5

  demo

  but; however; though ~

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• と

  N5

  to

  and; with; as; connecting particle

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• とても

  N5

  totemo

  very; awfully; exceedingly​

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• どうして

  N5

  doushite

  why; for what reason; how

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• どうやって

  N5

  douyatte

  how; in what way; by what means​

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• どんな

  N5

  donna

  what kind of; what sort of

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• なあ

  N5

  naa

  sentence ending particle; confirmation; admiration, etc

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• ないで

  N5

  naide

  without doing ~; to do [B] without doing [A]

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• ないでください

  N5

  naide kudasai

  please don't do ~

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• ないといけない

  N5

  naito ikenai

  must do; have an obligation to do ~

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• なくちゃ

  N5

  nakucha

  must do; need to; gotta do ~

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• なくてはいけない

  N5

  nakute wa ikenai

  must do; need to do

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• なくてはならない

  N5

  nakute wa naranai

  must do; need to do ~

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• なくてもいい

  N5

  naku temo ii

  don't have to

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• なる

  N5

  naru

  to become

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• に

  N5

  ni

  destination particle; in; at; on; to

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• に/へ

  N5

  ni/e

  to (indicates direction / destination)

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• にする

  N5

  ni suru

  to decide on

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• ね

  N5

  ne

  isn't it? right? eh?

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• の

  N5

  no

  possessive particle

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• のが上手（のがじょうず）

  N5

  no ga jouzu

  to be good at

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• のが下手（のがへた）

  N5

  no ga heta

  to be bad at doing something

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• のが好き（のがすき）

  N5

  no ga suki

  to like doing something

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• ので

  N5

  node

  because of; given that; since ~

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• のです

  N5

  no desu

  to explain something; show emphasis

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• の中で[A]が一番（のなかで[A]がいちばん）

  N5

  no naka de [A] ga ichiban

  out of this group, [A] is best

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• は

  N5

  wa - topic marker

  topic marker

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• は〜より・・・です

  N5

  wa ~yori... desu

  [Noun-1] is more ~ than [Noun-2]

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• はどうですか

  N5

  wa dou desu ka

  how about; how is

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• ましょう

  N5

  mashou

  let's ~; shall we ~

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• ましょうか

  N5

  mashouka

  shall I ~; used to offer help to the listener

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• ませんか

  N5

  masen ka

  would you; do you want to; shall we ~

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• まだ

  N5

  mada

  still; not yet

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• まだ～ていません

  N5

  mada ~te imasen

  have not yet ~

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• まで

  N5

  made

  until; as far as; to (an extent); even ~

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• も

  N5

  mo

  too; also; as well

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• もう

  N5

  mou

  already; anymore; again; other

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• や

  N5

  ya

  and; or; connecting particle

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• よ

  N5

  yo

  you know; emphasis (ending particle)

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• より～ほうが

  N5

  yori ~hou ga

  [2] is more than [1]

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• を

  N5

  o / wo

  object marker particle

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• をください

  N5

  o kudasai

  please give me ~

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• んです

  N5

  ndesu

  to explain something; show emphasis

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• 一番（いちばん）

  N5

  ichiban

  the most; the best

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• 一緒に（いっしょに）

  N5

  issho ni

  together

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• 前に（まえに）

  N5

  mae ni

  before; in front of ~

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• お / ご

  N5

  o / go

  polite marker; honorific prefix particle

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• 方（かた）

  N5

  kata

  the way of doing something; how to do ~

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• ほうがいい

  N5

  hou ga ii

  had better; it'd be better to; should ~

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• とき

  N5

  toki

  when; at this time

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