Chapter Grammar points

(seems, looks like)

1 I heard

(.wants to...)

(Te-form indicating reason)

2
(V.+V.)

3
(Quoted yes/no question)

(looks)
4
(seems)

(regret or completion)
5
(try)

8 (Passive)
9 (Causative)
10 (become possible)

11
(verb intransitive/transitive)

12 (without ...ing)

(try)
13
(in spite of)
14

(It's been decided)

15
(I decided)

(Plain imperatives)
16

17 (in order to)

18
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Pre-advanced level (Textbook: Intermediate Japanese )

1.

2. (the sentence-final particle of exclamation)

3. (It has been decided/arranged that...)

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4. (be expexted/supposed to; ...it is rule/custom that...)

5. (can't possibly)

6. (way of thinking)

7. (without V-ing; instead of V-ing)

8. (You should...)(lit.It would be good if you did...)

9. (besides; moreover)
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10. (in order words; that is; namely; in short)

11. (depending on...)

12. (correspond to...)

13. (other than...; besides...)

14. (It does not necessarily mean that...)

3 15. (nothing but...)

16. (as...as possible)

17. (should; ought to)

18. (I wonder)

19. (even)

20. (before one knows it; before one realizes)

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21. (be used to; be accustomed to)

22. (to manage or get by without doing V)

23. (more than...)

24. (to notice...)

25. (with considerable trouble at greatest pains; kindly)

26. (can't help but do.../can't do certain things for social/moral/situational reasons)
5 27. (upon V-ing; after V-ing)

28. (be made to V)

29. (certain thing has both good and bad aspects)

30. (once you do something...)

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31. (N will do; N will suffice)
 32. (it is not necessarily the case that.../it does not mean that...)

33. (express the idea of or )

34. (I think it might be case that...)

35. (rather)

36. (to make an effort to do something; to make a point of doing something)

37. (the written style of te-form to connect two sentences)

7 38. (no matter what/when/who/where etc.)

39. (...type; ...ic; ...ical)

40. (undeniably; no doubt; by any account)

41. (Y is about the only X.)

42. (as expected; also; again)

43. (if only you...)

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44. (supposed to; expected to)

45. (as...)

46. (undeniably; no doubt; by any account)

47. (to have no choice but to...)

48. (homophonous to the passive form)

9 49. (at least)

50. (so that...)

51. (seems...; appears...)

52. (more than anything)

10 53. (as for X,Y is the best thing to do; as for X,there is nothing better than Y)

54. (the condition/situation is unchanged)

55. (while a certain situation holds)

56. (more than anything)

11 57. (to go out of one's way to do something)

58. (to ask [someone]to do [something])

59. (when I was about to V)

60. (not much; not enough)

61. (try...V-ing)
12 62. (nothing can be better than...)

63. (as one wishes)

64. (to tend to...; to be apt to...; to be prone to...)

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65. (it must be...)
 66. (on one hand; on the other hand)

67. (at most)

68. (as far as...; as long as...)

69. (on the contrary)

70. (N1 does things in its own way)

71. (N1 has its own N2)

72. (although)
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73. (together with; along with/as X happens,so does Y)
74. (to leave/ entrust X to Y)
75. (every time X happens,Y also happens)
76. (to have a feeling that; to leave the impression that; it seems to me that)
77. (X has something to do with Y; X is related to Y)
78. (to be based on...)
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79. (just because...)
80. (to let X bother one)
81. (if..., it's different)

Advanced level (Textbook: Progressing from Intermediate to Advance)

1. (do anyway; manage to do; do with difficulty; barely; somehow)

2. (when all is said and done; after all; whatever others may say)
3. (when...ing)

1 4. ((to be teased by saying something like) as...)

5. (refer to...; connect to...; link to...)
6. (like A after B)(lit. to be favored by similar good luck; share another's good luck)
7. (and furthermore; on top of...; in addition to...)
8. (name A after B)(lit. to be favored by similar good luck; share another's good luc
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9. (similarly; likewise; in the same way as)
10. (regarding; concerning; with respect to)
11. (if only...; so long as...)
12. (how difficult /easy/etc. it is doing...; how to...)
13. (nothing but...)
14. (cannot just...; it is not possible to...)
15. (unless...; so long as...)
 16. (convince(tell/ask/etc.)something to
do...)
17. (be nothing but; only; merely; no more than)
18. (with...; along/together with...)
19. (on the way to; during; in the middle of)
20. (the very...(a particle which emphasizes a woed/phrase/clause); ...of all things)
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21. (should; ought to) (should not; ought not to)
22. (rather than)
23. (not very; not too; not really)
24. (must; have to)
25. (originally)(lit. if the origin is asked)
26. (as...; according to...; in accordance to...)
27. (starting with...; ...in addition to; ...as well as)
28. (...,that is what it means.; it means that...)
4 29. (as opposed to...; in contrast to...)
30. (it means that...; it ends up that...)
31. (in the process/middle of...; while...; continuously)
32. (...means...; if...,it probably means that...)
33. (judging from...; from the viewpoint of...; in view of...)
34. (these...(length of time); over the
past(years/months/etc.))
35. (be lomited to...; be confined to...; not exceed...)
36. (so to speak; as one might put it; in a word)
5 37. (on the top of...; besides...; as well as...)
38. (based on...)
39. (be limited to...; ...is the best[choice/plan/etc.]; only)
40. (it is no use...ing; it cannot be helped that...)
41. (...However)
6 42. (...means...; ...refers to...)
43. (however; it (does not)mean(s), however)
44. (everytime(when)...; every...)
45. (in the first place; to begin with; originally)
46. (seems as if...; really seems to...)
47. (while...)
 48. (begin to do...)
49. (be made to feel/think B by A)
50. (has even become...; even...)
51. (by means of...; through...; via...)
52. (it is said that...; they say...)
53. (one of the reasons why; A is the
7 reason why/cause for)
54. (...is asked for/needed/required)
55. ((it's incredible that)things like...)
56. (per...)
57. (reach(the extent that)...; even become...; even include...)
58. (with ...as the center; centering on.
59. (..., but still...)
60. (the end /result was that; end up...; in the end)
61. (as a result of...; A was a trigger for B)
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62. (I wonder why/what/how...?; What/Why/Where/How do I...?)
63. (be careful/concerned about; warry about)
64. (the more..., the more...)
65. (despite...; regardless of the fact that...)
66. (when (something happened))
67. (concerning; in connection with; surrounding)
68. (with the objective of; with the aim of)
9 69. (A or else B)
70. (rarely (any); seldom (any); hardly (any))
71. (cannot avoid becoming( means"V-ing will mostly likely
happen"))
72. (should; would)
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73. (...is not the only one; ...is not all)
74. (even if/though...)
75. (must)
76. (depending on)
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77. (tend to...(undesirable tendancy))
78. (how(often/much)...?(rhetorical question))
79. (if someone/something is to...; if ...was/were to...)