Japanese ใใใใง and ใใใง: giving credit or blame
Learn how ใใใใง and ใใใง attribute a Japanese outcome to a cause, with forms, examples and practice.
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Japanese ใฏใ vs ใใ: expectation and inference
Learn how ใฏใ expresses an expectation and ใใ explains a conclusion, with natural examples and practice.
Read and practiseJapanese causative-passive: being made to do something
Learn Japanese causative-passive forms, including shortened godan variants, and describe actions someone made you perform.
Read and practiseJapanese ใชใฉ and ใจใ: examples and register
Learn how ใชใฉ and ใจใ introduce examples in Japanese, and choose a natural register for lists and activities.
Read and practiseJapanese ใฎใซ vs ใใฉ: expressing contrast
Learn how ใฎใซ signals an unexpected outcome while ใใฉ connects contrasting ideas or softens a conversational opening.
Read and practiseJapanese ใฐใใใฃใ: regret about a choice
Express regret about an unrealised choice in Japanese with ใฐใใใฃใ, including negative forms and practical examples.
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Japanese ใในใ (taberu): eat
Talk about meals and eating with this common verb. Learn the forms, see them in context, and practise with explained answers.
Read and practiseJapanese ใฎใ (nomu): drink
Use this verb for drinks and taking medicine. Learn the forms, see them in context, and practise with explained answers.
Read and practiseJapanese ใใ (iku): go
Describe a journey away from the point of reference. Learn the forms, see them in context, and practise with explained answers.
Read and practiseJapanese ใใ (kuru): come
Describe movement toward the speaker or another reference point. Learn the forms, see them in context, and practise with explained answers.
Read and practiseJapanese ใใ (suru): do
Name activities such as study, sport and chores. Learn the forms, see them in context, and practise with explained answers.
Read and practiseJapanese ใฟใ (miru): see and watch
Talk about looking at pictures and watching films. Learn the forms, see them in context, and practise with explained answers.
Read and practiseJapanese ใใ (kiku): listen and ask
Describe listening and asking someone for information. Learn the forms, see them in context, and practise with explained answers.
Read and practise่ฉฑใ (hanasu): speak and talk in Japanese
Learn how to say what language you speak, whom you talk with and what you tell someone, then practise the forms of ่ฉฑใ.
Read and practiseๆธใ (kaku): write in Japanese
Use ๆธใ for names, letters and messages, and learn its particles, polite forms and ใฆ-form with examples and practice.
Read and practise่ชญใ (yomu): read in Japanese
Learn to use ่ชญใ with books and newspapers, say whom you read to, and practise its polite past and ใฆ-form.
Read and practise่ฒทใ (kau): buy in Japanese
Use ่ฒทใ to talk about purchases, shops and recipients, and practise the special-looking ใฆ-form and plain negative.
Read and practiseใใ (aru): say where things are in Japanese
Describe things and events with ใใ, learn ใใใพใ and ใใใพใใ, and distinguish them from the verb for people and animals.
Read and practiseใใ (iru): say where people and animals are
Learn ใใ for the presence and location of people and animals, and practise ใใพใ, ใใพใใ and ใใพใใ.
Read and practiseJapanese verb ไฝใ: make
ไฝใ describes making food or objects, and also making friends. Learn the forms in context and practise with explained answers.
Read and practiseJapanese verb ้ธใถ: choose
้ธใถ means choosing an item, sometimes from a stated set. Learn the forms in context and practise with explained answers.
Read and practiseJapanese verb ๅใใ: understand
ๅใใ expresses understanding a word, answer or explanation. Learn the forms in context and practise with explained answers.
Read and practiseJapanese verb ็ฅใ: know
็ฅใ concerns learning a fact or knowing a person or place. Learn the forms in context and practise with explained answers.
Read and practiseไผใ (au): meeting people in Japanese
Learn ไผใ, the Japanese verb for meeting people, with natural examples, useful particles, conjugation and explained practice.
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