執筆者 Yasu Wang | 2月 26, 2021 | Home, N2
JLPT N2 grammar きり kiri meaning 〜きり／っきり 「Since..never..」 Meaning ◉ 「Since..never..」「Just..」「to continue in a certain state.」 ◉ When placed after a verb, the verb often uses the past tense “た type”, and the negative type “ない” is added at...
執筆者 Yasu Wang | 1月 6, 2021 | Home, N2
JLPT N2 grammar やら yara meaning 〜やら〜やら 「and…and so on」 Meaning ◉ 「and…and so on」「such things as..and..」 ◉ cite two examples from many examples. ◉ It is mostly used in “negative” situations. Sentence Patterns ◉ Noun＋やら.. ◉ Verb...
執筆者 Yasu Wang | 12月 22, 2020 | Home, N2
JLPT N2 grammar をきっかけに がきっかけで kikkake 〜をきっかけに／がきっかけで 「as a start..」 Meaning ◉ 「as a start..」「as a result of..」「aking advantage of~」 ◉ It can also be translated into ‘because of…’ ◉ “ＡをきっかけにB” or “ＡがきっかけでB” The narrative...
執筆者 Yasu Wang | 12月 14, 2020 | Home, N2
JLPT N2 grammar に伴い に伴って tomonatte 〜に伴（ともな）って／伴（ともな）い／伴（ともな）う 「as..」 Meaning ◉ 「as..」「with..」「due to..」「accordingly..」「accompany」 ◉ 「伴（ともな）う」means「accompany」「bring with..」。 ◉ It means “the former has changed for some reason..” and “the result...
執筆者 Yasu Wang | 12月 10, 2020 | Home, N2
JLPT N2 grammar とはいうものの towaiumonono 〜とはいうものの（towaiumonono） 「Although..」 Meaning ◉ 「Although..」 ◉ It means “Although people say so..”, but “it is not like what they say”. ◉ Usually it also means “the common sense in the world is...
執筆者 Yasu Wang | 12月 9, 2020 | Home, N2
JLPT N2 grammar ものの monono 〜ものの 「Although..」 Meaning ◉ 「although..」「but..」 ◉ It means that “the actual situation” is different from the “results you should get in advance”. Or contrary to expected Sentence Patterns ◉ Verb（normal...