“As Soon As” in Japanese The easiest way to say “as soon as A, B” with the grammar already introduced is to simply…
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…
Trying We have two ways to say “try” in Japanese, but the correct structure depends on the context. The…
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…