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JLPT N5 Grammar: まだ – Still / Not yet
By ProDev Teach | Updated May 2025 📘 Meaning & Usage まだ has two main meanings: Still – something is continuing (used with affirmative form) Not yet – something has…
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JLPT N5 Grammar: けれども – But / Although (Polite)
By ProDev Teach | Updated May 2025 📘 Meaning & Usage けれども is a polite or formal expression that means "but" or "although". It shows contrast between two ideas or…
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JLPT N5 Grammar: けど – But / Although
By ProDev Teach | Updated May 2025 📘 Meaning & Usage The particle けど is a casual way to say "but" or "although". It is used to connect two contrasting…
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JLPT N5 Grammar: 方（かた） – How to / The Way of Doing
By ProDev Teach | Updated May 2025 📘 Meaning & Usage The grammar point 方（かた） is used to express "how to do something" or "the way of doing". It is…
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JLPT N5 Grammar: から – Because / From
By ProDev Teach | Updated May 2025 📘 Meaning & Usage The particle から has two common uses in Japanese: 1. Reason / Cause (because): Used after a sentence to…
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JLPT N5 Grammar: か～か – A or B
By ProDev Teach | Updated May 2025 📘 Meaning & Usage The grammar pattern か～か is used to list two or more choices or possibilities, similar to "A or B"…
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JLPT N5 Grammar: か – Question Marker
By ProDev Teach | Updated May 2025 📘 Meaning & Usage The particle か is used at the end of a sentence to indicate a question in Japanese. It is…
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JLPT N5 Grammar: じゃない・ではない – Negative of Nouns and Na-Adjectives
By ProDev Teach | Updated May 2025 📘 Meaning & Usage じゃない and ではない are used to make the negative form of nouns and na-adjectives. じゃない is used in casual…
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JLPT N5 Grammar: いつも – Always / Usually
By ProDev Teach | Updated May 2025 📘 Meaning & Usage いつも (itsumo) is an adverb meaning “always” or “usually”. It is used to describe habitual or routine actions. It…
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JLPT N5 Grammar: 一緒に (いっしょに) – Together / With
By ProDev Teach | Updated May 2025 📘 Meaning & Usage 一緒に (いっしょに) is a common expression in Japanese that means "together" or "with". It is used to indicate doing…
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JLPT N5 Grammar: 一番 (いちばん) – The Most / Best
By ProDev Teach | Updated May 2025 📘 Meaning & Usage 一番 (いちばん) is a common expression used to mean "the most" or "the best" in Japanese. It is often…
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JLPT N5 Grammar: い-Adjectives – Tính từ đuôi い
By ProDev Teach | Updated May 2025 📘 Meaning & Usage い-adjectives (tính từ đuôi い) là những từ mô tả trạng thái hoặc tính chất và luôn kết thúc…
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JLPT N5 Grammar: ～ほうがいい – Giving Advice
By ProDev Teach | Updated May 2025 📘 Meaning & Usage The grammar pattern ～ほうがいい is used to give advice or make a suggestion. It means “You should...” or “It’s…
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JLPT N5 Grammar: ～がほしい – Expressing Desire
By ProDev Teach | Updated May 2025 📘 Meaning & Usage The grammar pattern ～がほしい is used to express that you want something. It is used with nouns and is…
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JLPT N5 Grammar: ～を – Object Marker
By ProDev Teach | Updated May 2025 📘 Meaning & Usage The particle ～を is used to mark the direct object of a verb, indicating what the action is being…
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JLPT N5 Grammar: ～があります – Existence of Non-Living Things
By ProDev Teach | Updated May 2025 📘 Meaning & Usage The expression ～があります is used to indicate the existence of non-living things such as objects, plants, and events. Translation:…
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JLPT N5 Grammar: ～がいます – Existence of Living Things
By ProDev Teach | Updated May 2025 📘 Meaning & Usage The expression ～がいます is used to indicate the existence of living things such as people and animals. Translation: There…
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JLPT N5 Grammar: ～が – Subject Marker
By ProDev Teach | Updated May 2025 📘 Meaning & Usage The particle ～が is used to mark the subject of a sentence. It indicates who or what performs the…
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JLPT Grammar N5: ～ちゃいけない / ～じゃいけない – Must Not Do
📘 Meaning & Usage ～ちゃいけない and ～じゃいけない are casual spoken forms of ～てはいけない, which expresses a prohibition: “must not do.” Translation: “You must not…” Form: Verb-て-form + ちゃいけない (for verbs…
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JLPT Grammar: ～どうやって – How; In What Way
By ProDev Teach | Updated May 2025 📘 Meaning & Usage ～どうやって asks “how” or “by what method/means.” Use when inquiring procedures or ways to do something. 💡 Examples どうやって作るの？Dōyatte…