Changing Nouns to Adjectives: ～的 的てき as a noun means “target” or “objective”; however, this kanji has one particularly useful grammatical usage: by…
Expressing Disbelief JLPT N3. Informal—used only in conversation. なんか and なんて are heard 1. Emphasis 今日はなんか暑いよね。 Today is so hot.…
Similarity & Hearsay in Japanese There are numerous ways to express “seems like” in Japanese and what makes each of these expressions tricky…
Inferring from Context The kanji 訳 (わけ) means “translation” or “inference” and it can be used in a number of different…