JLPT N5 Grammar: にする – To Decide On / To Choose

By ProDev Teach | Updated May 2025

📘 Meaning & Usage

The grammar pattern にする is used when making a decision or choice. It often appears in situations like ordering food, choosing a product, or deciding on an action.

Structure:

• Noun + にする – to decide on [noun]

It can also express a change caused by the speaker, similar to “make (something) become”.

💡 Example Sentences

• コーヒーに します。
  I’ll have coffee. / I’ll go with coffee.
• このシャツに します。
  I’ll choose this shirt.
• やすみに します。
  I’ll make it a holiday. / I’ll take a rest.
• テレビを おおきく しました。
  I made the TV louder. (→ more formal: にしました)

📝 Grammar Notes

• にする expresses the result of a decision made by the speaker.
• Often used in restaurants, shops, and daily decisions.
• Can be used with adjectives (via noun form or くする form) to express making something a certain state.
• Different from になる which expresses a natural or passive change, にする shows intentional action.

📝 Practice Exercises

1. Fill in the blanks with にする

1. わたしは パン ___ します。
2. このえいが ___ します。
3. きょうは やすみ ___ します。

✔ Answers:

• パンに します
• このえいがに します
• やすみに します

2. Translate into Japanese

1. I’ll have tea.
2. I’ll take this one.
3. I’ll make it quiet.

✔ Sample Answers:

• おちゃに します。
• これに します。
• しずかに します。

📚 Vocabulary List

• する – to do
• に – particle indicating direction/result
• パン – bread
• コーヒー – coffee
• やすみ（休み） – break, holiday
• しずか（静か） – quiet
• おちゃ（お茶） – tea
• えいが（映画） – movie

🈷 Kanji List

• 休（やす） – rest
• 静（しず） – quiet
• 茶（ちゃ） – tea
• 映（えい） – reflect (as in movie)
• 画（が） – picture (as in movie)
• 選（せん） – select (used in 選ぶ – to choose)

🔗 Related Grammar

• になる – to become (passive change)
• くする／にする – to make something (adjective + する)
• ～たい – want to do something

🧠 Summary

• Meaning: to decide on, to choose
• Usage: used with nouns to express decisions or choices
• Level: JLPT N5

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