Japanese を通じて: throughout and through a medium
Learn how Japanese を通じて expresses an entire period or a channel, intermediary or experience, with examples and practice.
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Japanese に沿って: following a plan or route
Learn how に沿って expresses action in accordance with a plan, wishes or guidelines, and movement along a route.
Read and practiseJapanese に応えて: responding to requests and expectations
Learn how に応えて links a request, question or expectation to a deliberate response, and how its form modifies a noun.
Read and practiseJapanese からといって: not merely because
Learn N2 からといって to challenge a conclusion drawn from one reason, with natural examples and practice.
Read and practiseJapanese 上で: after doing and in the course of
Learn N2 上で for a considered step after an action and for points important in carrying out an activity.
Read and practiseJapanese 限りでは: as far as the evidence goes
Learn how Japanese 限りでは limits a statement to what you know, heard, saw or checked, with examples and practice.
Read and practiseJapanese ものの: although a fact is true
Learn N2 ものの to acknowledge a fact while presenting a contrasting outcome, with forms, examples and practice.
Read and practiseJapanese にしても: even if and whether
Learn N2 にしても to concede a possibility or compare alternatives, with examples and practice in Japanese.
Read and practiseJapanese としても: even assuming that
Learn N2 としても to consider a hypothetical situation and explain what remains true even if it occurs.
Read and practiseJapanese に相違ない: formal certainty
Express a strong conclusion in formal Japanese with に相違ない, and learn how verbs, adjectives and nouns connect to it.
Read and practiseJapanese わりに: more than expected
Learn how Japanese わりに compares a result with what you would expect from a given situation, with examples and practice.
Read and practiseJapanese に従って: changes that proceed together
Learn how Japanese に従って links two gradual changes, with verb and noun patterns, examples and practice.
Read and practiseJapanese につれて: changes that develop together
Learn how Japanese につれて links two gradual changes, with verb and noun patterns, natural examples and practice.
Read and practiseJapanese 一方で: contrasting trends and perspectives
Learn how 一方で contrasts trends or two aspects of a situation, and distinguish it from 一方だ.
Read and practiseJapanese どころか: far from and let alone
Learn how Japanese どころか overturns an expectation or adds a surprising fact, with forms and practice.
Read and practiseJapanese わけにはいかない: unable to act for social reasons
Learn how わけにはいかない expresses a decision constrained by duty, circumstances or social expectations, and how its negative form creates an obligation.
Read and practiseJapanese に伴って: changes that accompany another
Learn N2 に伴って to describe changes and events accompanying a development, with noun and verb patterns.
Read and practiseJapanese 〜たあとは: once something has happened
Learn how 〜たあとは sets a point after which a situation or consequence applies, and contrast it with あとで.
Read and practiseJapanese ずに: doing something without another action
Learn how Japanese ずに links an omitted action to what happens next, with verb forms, exceptions and practice.
Read and practiseJapanese だけでなく: not only
Learn how だけでなく adds a second fact in Japanese, with nouns, verbs and adjectives, and practise the particle も.
Read and practiseJapanese ばかりでなく: not only
Learn how ばかりでなく connects two facts in Japanese, with noun, verb and adjective patterns and practice.
Read and practiseJapanese に限って: precisely when things go wrong
Learn how Japanese に限って singles out an inconvenient time, with examples, contrast and practice.
Read and practiseJapanese をかける: spending time and money
Learn how Japanese をかける expresses time or money invested in an activity, and practise linking it to a result.
Read and practiseJapanese 限り: as long as a condition holds
Learn how 限り expresses a continuing condition in Japanese, including adjective and noun forms and the negative pattern ない限り.
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