The Japanese Grammar Index

adjective

Adjective さ (Objective Nouns)

Adding 〜さ to an adjective turns it into a noun, and gives it the nuance that the noun is objective and measurable.
Adjective そう

〜そう can be added to adjectives to mark them as speculative, such as おいしそう = "looks delicious".
Adjective み (Subjective Nouns)

Adding 〜み to the end on an adjective turns it into a noun with a subjective or personally felt quality, such as the "warmth" of a perso…
Using 〜がる with い-Adjectives for "Want..."

い-adjectives can take the suffix 〜がる to describe how other people seem to feel, based on how they look or behave. This lets you state w…
い-Adjective かった (Past Tense Form)

〜かった allows you to make い-adjectives past tense, in a similar way to "was" in English.
い-Adjective くない (Negative Form)

Adding 〜くない to the end of an い-adjective makes it negative, kind of like how "not" functions in English.
い-Adjective ければ

Adding 〜ければ to the end of an い-adjective makes it conditional, similar to using "if" or "when" in English.
い-Adjective て Form

Using the て form of い-adjectives, you can combine words and clauses to express meanings such as "and" or "so".
い-Adjectives

い-adjectives are used to describe nouns. They are unique in that they can take different endings to change their meaning. This page is …
く Form as a Linking Device

The く form of い-adjectives allows you to combine words and clauses together.
く Form as Noun of Time or Location

A few い-adjectives that relate to time or location can be used like nouns in their く form.

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く Form as Adverb

The く form can be used to turn い-adjectives into adverbs, in a similar way to "-ly" in English.

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い-Adjective く Form

This page teaches you how to put an adjective into the くform and provides basics of its three usages.

adjective

Adjective さ (Objective Nouns)

Adjective そう

Adjective み (Subjective Nouns)

Using 〜がる with い-Adjectives for "Want..."

い-Adjective かった (Past Tense Form)

い-Adjective くない (Negative Form)

い-Adjective ければ

い-Adjective て Form

い-Adjectives

く Form as a Linking Device

く Form as Noun of Time or Location

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く Form as Adverb

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い-Adjective く Form

verb

Using 〜そう with Verbs for "Looks Like..."

Using Verb Causative Form (〜させる) for "Make Someone Do..."

Using Verb Causative Passive Form (〜させられる ) for "To Be Made To Do..."

Using Verb Conditional Form (〜ば) for "If..."

Using Verb Continuous Form (〜ている )

Using Verb Negative Form (〜ない) for "Not..."

Using Verb Negative Past Form (〜なかった) for "Was Not..."

Using Verb Passive Form (〜られる )

Using Verb Past Continuous Form (〜ていた)

Using Verb Plain Past Form (〜た)

Using Verb Plain Volitional Form (〜よう) for "Let's..."

Using Verb Potential Form for "To Be Able To..."

Using Verb て Form for Connecting Actions

Using Verb て Form for Making Requests

Using Verbs in Command Form

Using 〜たい for "Want to..."

Using 〜たがる for What Other People Want

Using 〜ながら for Simultaneous Actions

Using 〜なさい for Commanding Someone Politely

Using 〜にくい for "Difficult to..."

Using 〜やすい for "Easy to..."

Using と with Verbs for "When..."

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Using 〜たら for "If..." and "When/After..."

Using 〜たりする for Listing Things

Using 〜ながら for Contrasting Clauses

Using だろう for Guessing

Using でしょう for Guessing (Polite)

Using なら for Conditions

Using んです for Explaining Things

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Conjugating Verbs to Causative Form (〜させる)

Conjugating Verbs to Command Form

Conjugating Verbs to Conditional Form (〜ば)

Conjugating Verbs to Negative Form (〜ない)

Conjugating Verbs to Passive Form (〜られる)

Conjugating Verbs to Past Form (〜た)

Conjugating Verbs to Potential Form

Conjugating Verbs to Stem Form

Conjugating Verbs to Volitional Form (〜よう)

Conjugating Verbs to て Form

Verb Conjugation Groups