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JLPT Grammar PDF: Free 68-Page Book, N5–N1

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What is in the JLPT Grammar: The Complete Book

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Every point below is in the book. The 45 marked with a study card get a full page to themselves; the other 257 are checklist rows, one line apiece with the romaji and the English meaning.

  1. at / by means of
  2. でしょうprobably / right?
  3. 〜がありますthere is (inanimate)
  4. 〜がいますthere is (animate)
  5. 〜ほうがいいhad better / you should
  6. 〜からbecause / sinceStudy card
  7. 〜く/ 〜になるbecome
  8. まだ〜ていませんhave not done yet
  9. 〜まえにbefore doing
  10. 〜ませんかwon’t you? (invitation)
  11. 〜ましょうlet’s
  12. 〜ましょうかshall I? / shall we?
  13. also / too
  14. 〜んですexplanatory (んだ / のだ)Study card
  15. ないでくださいplease do not
  16. 〜なくちゃいけないhave to (casual)
  17. to / at / in (target)
  18. に/へto (direction)
  19. 〜にいくgo to do
  20. 〜のがへたですbe bad at doing
  21. 〜のがじょうずですbe good at doing
  22. 〜のがすきですlike doing
  23. 〜のほうが〜よりA is more … than B
  24. 〜のなかで〜がいちばん〜the most … among
  25. のでbecause (soft)Study card
  26. 〜すぎるtoo much / excessively
  27. 〜たことがあるhave done before (experience)Study card
  28. 〜たいwant to do
  29. 〜たり …〜たりするdo things like A and B
  30. 〜ているongoing action / stateStudy card
  31. 〜てからafter doingStudy card
  32. 〜てくださいplease do
  33. 〜てもいいですmay / it’s okay to
  34. 〜てはいけませんmust not / may notStudy card
  35. and / with / quotationStudy card
  36. つもりですintend to / plan to
  37. topic marker
  38. direct object marker
  39. and (a non-exhaustive list)
  40. 〜ば/〜ればif (conditional)
  41. 〜ばよかったshould have (regret)
  42. Dictionary form+とwhenever / if
  43. 〜がほしいwant (a thing)
  44. 〜がするsmells / sounds / feels likeStudy card
  45. 〜はずですsupposed to / should be
  46. 〜かどうかwhether or notStudy card
  47. 〜かもしれないmight / maybeStudy card
  48. 〜ことにするdecide toStudy card
  49. 〜く/ 〜にするmake it / decide on
  50. 〜みたいseems like / just like
  51. 〜ながらwhile (doing both)Study card
  52. 〜ないでwithout doing
  53. 〜なければならないmust / have toStudy card
  54. 〜なくてもいいdon’t have to
  55. ならif / as for
  56. 〜なさいdo it (gentle command)
  57. 〜にくいhard to do
  58. のにeven though
  59. 〜のようなlike / such as (before a noun)
  60. 〜のようにlike / as (manner)
  61. 〜のようてほしいwant someone to do
  62. Number+もas many as (emphasis)
  63. 〜おうlet's / volitional
  64. 〜られるpassive / potential form
  65. 〜させられるbe made to do (causative-passive)
  66. 〜させるmake/let someone do (causative)Study card
  67. 〜しand (listing reasons)
  68. しか〜ないonly / nothing butStudy card
  69. 〜そうだlooks like / seems (appearance)Study card
  70. 〜そうだI heard that (hearsay)Study card
  71. 〜たがるwants to (third person)
  72. 〜たらif / whenStudy card
  73. 〜たらどうですかwhy don’t you?
  74. 〜てあげるdo for someone (favour)Study card
  75. 〜てあるhas been done (resultant state)
  76. 〜ていくgo on doing (away from speaker)
  77. 〜ていたwas doing (past continuous)Study card
  78. 〜ていただけませんかcould you please (humble)
  79. 〜てくれるdo for me (favour)Study card
  80. 〜てくれてありがとうthank you for doing
  81. 〜てくるcome to / start to (toward speaker)Study card
  82. てみるtry doingStudy card
  83. 〜てもeven if
  84. 〜てもらうhave someone do for me
  85. 〜ておくdo in advanceStudy card
  86. 〜てしまうended up (regret)Study card
  87. 〜てすみませんsorry for doing
  88. 〜てやるdo for (blunt benefactive)Study card
  89. 〜てよかったglad that I did
  90. 〜といいですI hope that
  91. 〜という〜called / namedStudy card
  92. V-たらいい (it would be good if)it would be good if
  93. 〜やすいeasy to do
  94. 〜ようlet’s (plain volitional)
  95. 〜ようだseems like / appears
  96. 〜ようとするtry to / be about toStudy card
  97. AのではなくB(のです)not A but B
  98. 〜ば〜ほどthe more … the more
  99. 〜ばかりnothing but / onlyStudy card
  100. どうしてもno matter what
  101. どうやらapparently / it seems
  102. ふりpretend to
  103. 〜がちtends to / prone toStudy card
  104. 〜げlooking / seeming
  105. 〜ぐらいabout / to the extent of
  106. 〜始めるbegin to do
  107. ほどto the extent that
  108. いったい(一体)what on earth
  109. 〜かと思うとjust when / no sooner thanStudy card
  110. 〜かえってon the contrary
  111. 限るbe limited to / nothing beats
  112. 〜代わりinstead of / in return
  113. きりonly / ever since
  114. こそprecisely / this very
  115. 〜ことになるit has been decided that
  116. まいsurely not / won’t (negative volitional)
  117. ままas it is / unchanged
  118. まさかno way / surely not
  119. 〜ものだshould / used to / general truthStudy card
  120. むしろrather / if anything
  121. N+を始めstarting with / including
  122. 〜ないうちにbefore it changes
  123. なかなかquite / considerably
  124. 〜に違いないmust be / no doubtStudy card
  125. 〜に関するconcerning / related to
  126. 〜になれるget used to
  127. 〜にすぎないmerely / nothing more than
  128. 〜には〜の〜があるin A there is B
  129. 〜によるとaccording to
  130. 〜によってby / depending on
  131. 〜のではないかisn't it? / I wonder if
  132. おいて(於いて)in / at (formal)
  133. おかげでthanks to
  134. 〜っぽい-ish / tends to be
  135. 〜らしいseems / typical of
  136. さえeven
  137. 〜さえ〜ばif only / as long as
  138. さらに(更に)furthermore / even more
  139. せいぜいat most / at best
  140. すでに(既に)already
  141. 〜たばかりjust didStudy card
  142. 〜たものだused to (nostalgia)
  143. 〜たとたんthe moment / as soon as
  144. 〜たび〜every time
  145. 〜ためにin order to / because ofStudy card
  146. 〜たてfreshly done
  147. 〜たってeven if (casual ても)
  148. 〜て初めてonly after doing
  149. 〜てならないcan't help feelingStudy card
  150. 〜てしかたがないcan't help but / extremely
  151. 〜てたまらないunbearably / can't stand itStudy card
  152. 〜てはif / whenever (repeated)
  153. 〜というのはthe thing called / this is because
  154. 〜としたらsupposing / if
  155. 〜としてas (a role)
  156. 〜とともに〜together with / as
  157. 〜とても〜ないcan’t possibly
  158. ついunintentionally / just now
  159. つもりでwith the intention of
  160. 〜うちにwhile / before it changes
  161. 〜Vるためにin order to
  162. 〜は〜で有名is famous for
  163. 〜は〜くらいですis only about (that much)
  164. わざわざgoing out of one’s way
  165. ようにso that / in order toStudy card
  166. 〜ようになるcome to / reach the point of
  167. ようにするmake sure to
  168. 〜ずwithout / not (literary)Study card
  169. あえてdaring to / deliberately
  170. 〜たあげくafter all that (bad result)
  171. 〜ばいいのにI wish you would
  172. 別に〜ないnot particularly
  173. 〜でいいですwill do / good enough
  174. 〜ではないだろうかisn’t it likely that
  175. 〜が気になるbe bothered by / curious about
  176. ごとし(如し)just like (ends a sentence)
  177. 以外のother than
  178. 一方ではon one hand
  179. いたるまで(至るまで)all the way to
  180. いつのまにかbefore you know it
  181. いったんーばonce you do, then
  182. いよいよat last / more and more
  183. かけてはwhen it comes to
  184. かねないmight well (something bad)
  185. かねるcannot bring oneself to
  186. 〜からなる(成る)consist of
  187. 〜からにはnow that / since
  188. くせにeven though (with blame)
  189. まんいち(万一)in the unlikely event
  190. 〜ものですからbecause (an excuse)
  191. もののalthough
  192. 〜ないで済むget by without doing
  193. 〜ないわけにはいかないcannot not do (obligation)
  194. 〜なかなか〜ないnot easily
  195. 何といってもabove all
  196. なにしろ(何しろ)after all / at any rate
  197. なるべくas much as possible
  198. 〜にあたるcorresponds to / on the occasion of
  199. 〜に気をつけるbe careful about
  200. 〜に越したことはないbest to / you can’t go wrong
  201. のぼるamount to (as many as)
  202. 思うようにas one wishes
  203. およびand (formal)
  204. ろくにhardly (with a negative)
  205. ろくに〜ないhardly … at all
  206. さしつかえないno problem / it is fine to
  207. さすがにas expected / even so
  208. せいかperhaps because
  209. せっかくafter all the trouble
  210. せめてat least
  211. それにしてもeven so
  212. 〜た上でafter doing (and then)
  213. たちまちin an instant
  214. たまらないunbearably
  215. たしかif I remember right
  216. 〜と言っても〜although I say
  217. 〜というわけではないit doesn't mean that
  218. とうていby no means
  219. 〜つつあるin the process of
  220. つうじて(通じて)through / throughout
  221. 〜は〜に限るnothing beats
  222. 〜わけですthat’s why / it follows that
  223. 〜わけにはいかないcan't possibly (socially)
  224. 〜を〜にまかせるleave it to
  225. やむをえずunavoidably
  226. やっぱりas I thought / after all
  227. よっぽどreally / considerably
  228. 〜より仕方がないhave no choice but to
  229. 〜ような気がするhave a feeling that
  230. ゆえにtherefore (formal)
  231. 〜べからずmust not (on signs)
  232. 〜べくin order to (formal)
  233. 〜だけましat least it’s better than
  234. 〜であれwhether it be / no matter
  235. 〜ではあるまいしit’s not as if
  236. 〜が早いかas soon as
  237. 〜が最後once you do, that's itStudy card
  238. 〜がてらwhile also doing
  239. 〜ごときlike / as if (literary)Study card
  240. 〜いかんdepending on
  241. 〜かいもなくto no avail
  242. 〜かたがたand also (formal, two purposes)
  243. 〜かたわらwhile also (alongside a main job)
  244. 〜きらいがあるhas a bad tendency to
  245. 〜極まるextremely (negative)
  246. 〜ことなしにwithout ever doing (formal)
  247. 〜まじきunbecoming of / must not
  248. 〜まみれcovered in
  249. 〜めくshowing signs of
  250. 〜ものをif only … but (regret)
  251. 〜ながらもeven while / although (formal)
  252. 〜ながらにwhile remaining (as it is)
  253. 〜ないではすまないcan’t get away without doing
  254. 〜ないまでもeven if not … at least
  255. 〜なくしてはwithout … it is impossible
  256. 〜ならではunique to / only from
  257. 〜なりno sooner than (literary)
  258. 〜なしにwithout
  259. 〜にひきかえin contrast to
  260. 〜にかこつけてusing as an excuse
  261. 〜にかたくないeasy to imagine
  262. 〜にもましてeven more than
  263. 〜にそくしてin line with
  264. 〜に相違ないmust be (formal)
  265. 〜にたえないunbearable to / cannot help feeling
  266. 〜に足るworthy of
  267. 〜に(は)あたらないno need to
  268. 〜ぬclassical negative (= ない)Study card
  269. 〜っぱなしleave it doing / keep on
  270. 〜しまつだends up (badly)
  271. 〜(で)すらeven (emphatic, literary)
  272. 〜たところでeven if (futile)Study card
  273. ただ〜のみonly / merely (literary)
  274. 〜たりともnot even one
  275. 〜たるin the capacity of (literary)Study card
  276. 〜てからというものever since
  277. 〜てもさしつかえないit is fine to
  278. 〜てやまないnever cease to
  279. 〜と相まってcoupled with
  280. 〜とあればif it is for
  281. 〜とあってbecause (given the situation)
  282. 〜といえどもeven though / even
  283. 〜と思いきやcontrary to expectation
  284. 〜としたところでeven if / even for
  285. 〜とはいえeven so / although
  286. 〜ところをalthough it is (a busy time)
  287. 〜ともなるとwhen it comes to being
  288. 〜はおろかlet alone
  289. 〜割りに(は)considering / for
  290. 〜をふまえてbased on
  291. 〜を経てafter going through
  292. 〜を限りにas of (and no longer)
  293. 〜を皮切りにstarting with
  294. 〜を禁じ得ないcan’t help feeling
  295. 〜をもってby means of / as of
  296. 〜をおしてin spite of (a difficulty)
  297. 〜を余儀なくされるbe forced to
  298. 〜をよそにignoring / despite
  299. 〜や否や(いなや)the instant that (literary)
  300. 〜ようがno matter how / whether
  301. 〜ゆえbecause of (formal)
  302. 〜ずくめentirely / full of

解説かいせつBackground

About the JLPT Grammar: The Complete Book

The JLPT Grammar: The Complete Book is in two parts. Part one is the complete JLPT checklist: every one of the 302 grammar points the JLPT groups at this level, each with its romaji and its English meaning, in the order the exam groups them. Part two is 45 full study cards, one page per pattern. Each page runs top to bottom: the pattern with its romaji, what it means, how it is built, example sentences with furigana, and last the nuances that catch learners out.

The patterns here are not a textbook's list. Yomimaru is a reading app built on public-domain Japanese: Aozora Bunko stories, folk tales, graded readers. The points that have a full study card are the ones that keep turning up in those texts. That is why a few famous textbook patterns are only a checklist row, and a few unglamorous ones get a whole page.

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What is inside the JLPT Grammar: The Complete Book?

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