Changing States: ようにする/なる We met the adverbial noun よう previously when we looked at ways to express similarity in Japanese. Its…
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…
Colloquial Japanese One gripe among Japanese learners is that they learn all these verb conjugations and honorifics and then when…