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Japanese Grammar by Topic

Textbooks run by lesson, grammar runs by topic, and the two do not line up: the te-form is spread across all three books, and the same rule often appears in two of them. Here are 64 topics, each one page gathering the rules from every textbook, with examples, audio and practice.

All topics Minna I · N5 Minna II · N4 Genki I · N5

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Verb forms

Te-form (て形)N5 · N414 rules Masu-form (ます)N52 rules Nai-form (ない)N5 · N44 rules Ta-form (た)N52 rules Dictionary form (辞書形)N53 rules Plain form (普通形)N52 rules Potential form (可能形)N44 rules Passive form (受身形)N42 rules Causative form (使役形)N42 rules Imperative form (命令形)N41 rule

Particles

は particle (wa)N41 rule も particle (mo)N51 rule の particle (no)N52 rules を particle (wo)N51 rule で particle (de)N53 rules に particle (ni)N52 rules へ particle (he)N51 rule と particle (to)N52 rules や particle (ya)N51 rule か particle (ka)N52 rules から and までN51 rule ね and よ particlesN51 rule

Sentence basics

ですN53 rules これ・それ・あれ (demonstratives)N53 rules Question wordsN57 rules Saying where something isN52 rules あります and いますN53 rules い and な adjectivesN54 rules Past tenseN52 rules Japanese countersN53 rules Telling the timeN52 rules Frequency adverbsN51 rule Japanese word orderN51 rule

Meaning and nuance

〜たい and ほしいN52 rules が with 好き, 上手, わかりますN52 rules ましょう and ませんかN53 rules あげる, くれる, もらうN5 · N47 rules から and のでN5 · N45 rules ConditionalsN5 · N47 rules と思います and と言いますN5 · N45 rules んです / のですN5 · N41 rule 〜ほうがいいN5 · N42 rules つもり, 予定 and the volitionalN5 · N44 rules でしょう and かもしれませんN41 rule 〜そうです (hearsay)N41 rule そう, よう and みたいN42 rules 〜はずN41 rule なるN51 rule ComparisonN52 rules Noun modificationN52 rules の as a nominalizerN42 rules ためにN42 rules 〜すぎるN5 · N41 rule 〜やすい and 〜にくいN41 rule のにN41 rule 〜ながらN41 rule 〜てしまうN41 rule 〜ておくN41 rule 〜ていただけませんかN41 rule 〜とおりにN41 rule 〜ところN41 rule しか and だけN41 rule 尊敬語N41 rule 謙譲語N41 rule