Expressing a Purpose: ため One of the meanings of the noun 為ため is “objective” or “purpose”. 学費がくひの為ための貯金ちょきん。 Savings for school fees. Literally:…
Just Finished Doing Something: ～たばかり ばかり has a number of grammatical usages in Japanese, but one of the most common is with the…
Creating Partial Lists (や, など, とか) We know we can connect nouns with the と particle like so: 野菜やさいと 魚さかなと 牛乳ぎゅうにゅうと 水みず。 Vegetables and fish and milk…
Modifying Nouns with Verbs & Adjectives This is how we add something descriptive to nouns. Verbs To modify a noun with a verb we need…