Simultaneous Actions: ～ながら vs ～間に We have two basic ways of expressing simultaneous actions in Japanese, e.g. “I ate dinner while watching television”.…
Nominalising Verbs (こと) The ability to nominalise verbs is arguably the single piece of grammar that lets us move away from…
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…
The Connecting Particle (と) The most basic usage of the connecting particle と is—wait for it—to connect things. When used to connect…