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 Similarity in Japanese (よう) & (みたい) Although the grammar for よう and みたい is slightly different their meaning is essentially the same. You can…
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…
Honorifics in Japanese: A Complete Introduction to Keigo, Sonkeigo, and Kenjogo Honorifics play a huge role in the Japanese language. They define underlying power dynamics and help the speaker…