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Beginning Japanese Phrases #207: こう (like this, in this way, thus)

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こう — like this, in this way, thus

This is a demonstrative adverb used to describe the manner of doing something, referring to something close to the speaker or something the speaker is about to demonstrate. It is often paired with verbs to show how an action is performed.

Example: こうやって折り紙を折ります。
You fold origami like this.

Vocabulary:

• こうやって — like this, in this manner
• 折り紙を — origami (object marker)
• 折ります — to fold (polite form)

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Beginning Japanese Phrases #206: てみたい (want to try doing something)

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てみたい — want to try doing something

This grammar pattern combines the verb with mitai, which expresses the desire to try doing something to see what it is like. It conveys curiosity or interest in experiencing something new.

Example: 日本に行ってみたいです。
I want to try going to Japan.

Vocabulary:

• 日本に — to Japan
• 行ってみたい — want to try going
• です — polite sentence ending

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Beginning Japanese Phrases #205: ～てしまう (to end up doing, to completely do, to do something regrettably)

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～てしまう — to end up doing, to completely do, to do something regrettably

This grammar pattern attaches to verbs and expresses either completion of an action or a sense of regret about something that happened unintentionally or unfortunately. It often conveys that something was done completely, or that the speaker feels sorry about the result.

Example: 大切な写真を間違えて消してしまった。
I accidentally deleted an important photo.

Vocabulary:

• 大切な — important, precious
• 写真を — photo (object marker)
• 間違えて — by mistake, accidentally
• 消してしまった — ended up deleting, unfortunately deleted

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Beginning Japanese Phrases #204: ので (because, since, so)

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ので — because, since, so

ので is a conjunction used to express cause or reason. It connects two clauses where the first clause explains the reason for the second clause, and it sounds softer and more polite than から
.

Example: 雨が降っているので、傘を持っていきます。
Since it\\\'s raining, I will take an umbrella.

Vocabulary:

• 雨が — rain (subject)
• ふっている — is falling
• ので — because, since
• 傘を — umbrella (object)
• 持っていきます — will take, will bring

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Beginning Japanese Phrases #203: ～になる (to become, to turn into)

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～になる — to become, to turn into

This grammar pattern attaches to nouns and adjectives to express a change of state or transformation.

Example: 来年、私は二十歳になります。
Next year, I will turn twenty years old.

Vocabulary:

• 来年 — next year
• 私は — I (topic marker)
• 二十歳に — twenty years old (target of change)
• なります — will become (polite form)

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Beginning Japanese Phrases #202: ～がする (to sense/feel (used with sensory experiences like smell, sound, taste))

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～がする — to sense/feel (used with sensory experiences like smell, sound, taste)

This expression is used to describe sensory perceptions. The particle marks what is being sensed, such as a smell, sound, taste, or feeling. It combines with nouns related to the five senses.

Example: この部屋は変なにおいがする。
This room has a strange smell.

Vocabulary:

• この — this
• 部屋は — room (topic marker)
• 変な — strange, weird
• においが — smell (subject marker)
• する — to do, sense

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Beginning Japanese Phrases 201: もう(part.2) shortly; soon; now [gives a sense of being already the time for something or to do something]

もう今日(きょう)はこれで終(お)わりにしましょう。

Now | today | as for | this | with | end | decide on

Let’s call it a day right here.

 

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Beginning Japanese Phrases 200: もう(part.1-B) already; yet; now

私(わたし)の娘(むすめ)はもう高校生(こうこうせい)です。

My | daughter | as for | high school student | already

My daughter is a high school student already / My daughter is a high school student now.

 

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Beginning Japanese Phrases 199: もう(part.1-A) already; yet; now

もうランチは食(た)べましたか？

Already | answer | as for | realized | question marker

Have you eaten lunch already? / Have you eaten lunch yet?

 

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Beginning Japanese Phrases 198: だろう(Part. 5) …, right?

君(きみ)はステーキが好(す)きだろう？

you| as for | steak | subject marker | like | right?

You like steak, right?

 

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