Nominalising Adjectives: さ For all adjectives—both i-adjectives and na-adjecitves—we can turn them into nouns with the particle さ. For i-adjectives we…
Regret at an Action (てしまう) We can use the te form with the group 1 verb しまう to express regret at an action.…
Comparing the Ways to Express Similarity & Hearsay よう, みたい, そう, らしい, and っぽい can all seem like much of a muchness at first. They are…
Inferring from Context The kanji 訳 (わけ) means “translation” or “inference” and it can be used in a number of different…