Expressing Quantities Just (だけ) だけ is the most basic way of expressing “only” or “just”, e.g. I’ll just have one…
The Japanese Scripts: Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji There are three core scripts in Japanese: kanji, hiragana, and katakana. In addition, romaji is used to give…
State of Completion (てある) Not to be confused with the present participle, this structure combines the te form with the verb “to…
The Classical Negative ず is the classical version of the negative ending ない. It is often used in writing and in…