Japanese Grammar Database to Pass the JLPT
This is our complete JLPT grammar list for all of our Japanese grammar lessons from N5 to N1.
Each lesson is ranked according to appropriate JLPT grammar level and includes the meaning, translation notes, grammar structure, conjugations, example sentences, interactive aids and more.
You can also click on the level to see a list of grammar lessons for that level only.
Japanese grammar list for all JLPT levels
| # | English | Japanese | Grammar Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | beki da | べきだ | should do; must do~ | N3 |
| 102 | beki dewa nai | べきではない | should not do~; must not do~ | N3 |
| 103 | betsu ni~nai | 別に～ない（べつに～ない） | not really, not particularly | N3 |
| 104 | buri ni | ぶりに | for the first time in (period of time) | N3 |
| 105 | cha ikenai / ja ikenai | ちゃいけない・じゃいけない | must not do (spoken Japanese) | N5 |
| 106 | chinamini | ちなみに | by the way; in this connection; incidentally; (conjunction) | N2 |
| 107 | chitto mo~nai | ちっとも～ない | (not) at all; (not) in the least~ | N2 |
| 108 | chuu / juu | 中（ちゅう） | currently; during; at some point; throughout; before the end of~ | N3 |
| 109 | da / desu | だ・です | to be (am, is, are, were, used to) | N5 |
| 110 | dake | だけ | only; just; as much as~ | N5 |
| 111 | dake | だけ | as much as~ | N3 |
| 112 | dake atte | だけあって | being the case; precisely because; as expected from~ | N2 |
| 113 | dake de | だけで | just by; just by doing | N4 |
| 114 | dake de naku | だけでなく | not only… but also | N3 |
| 115 | dake mashi da | だけましだ | it’s better than; one should feel grateful for~ | N2 |
| 116 | dake ni | だけに | being the case; precisely because; as one would expect | N2 |
| 117 | dake no koto wa aru | だけのことはある | no wonder; as expected of; not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it | N2 |
| 118 | dake wa | だけは | to do all that one can | N2 |
| 119 | dakedo | だけど | however; but | N3 |
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| 120 | dano~dano | だの～だの | and; and the like; and so forth | N1 |
| 121 | darake | だらけ | full of; covered with; a lot of (something undesirable) | N3 |
| 122 | darou | だろう | I think; it seems; probably; right? | N5 |
| 123 | dasu | 出す（だす） | to suddenly begin; to suddenly appear~ | N4 |
| 124 | datte | だって | because; but; after all; even; too | N2 |
| 125 | de | で | in; at; on; by; with; via | N5 |
| 126 | de are/de arou to | であれ/であろうと | whoever / whatever / however | N1 |
| 127 | de are~de are | であれ～であれ | whether [A] or [B] | N1 |
| 128 | de gozaimasu | でございます | to be (honorific) | N4 |
Total JLPT Japanese Grammar Lessons (2032)
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