Comparing the Ways to Express Similarity & Hearsay よう, みたい, そう, らしい, and っぽい can all seem like much of a muchness at first. They are…
Unwanted Similarity: ～っぽい っぽい is typically used with adjectives and nouns to give your verdict on something based on how something…
Hearsay & Behaviour: ～そう & ～らしい Although using そう with the standard form of the verb rather than the stem looks similar, the meaning…
Expected Outcomes: ～そう When used with the verb stem そう expresses that something is likely to happen or be true based…
Expressing Similarity in Japanese (よう) & (みたい) Although the grammar for よう and みたい is slightly different their meaning is essentially the same. You can…
Similarity & Hearsay in Japanese There are numerous ways to express “seems like” in Japanese and what makes each of these expressions tricky…
Expressing a Way or Method: ～方 To recap, the verb stem is the polite form of the verb with the ます removed. Verb Dictionary Polite…
Phrasal Verbs There are many verbs in Japanese formed by thought a combination of two verbs—the equivalent of phrasal verbs…
Dependency JLPT N3. Used in both conversation and writing depending on the usage. よる is a grammatically versatile verb…
Place of Action JLPT N3. Formal. Typically used only in writing. における and において you the more formal versions での and…
While: ～うちに JLPT N3. Standard grammar. Used in both conversation and writing. うちに translates as “while” in English and is…