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 |
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| 801 | yagate | やがて | before long; soon; almost; eventually ~ | N2 |
| 802 | yara~yara | やら～やら | such things as A and B; A and B and so on ~ | N2 |
| 803 | yare~yare | やれ～やれ | pattern to give two representative examples (usually negative) | N1 |
| 804 | yasui | やすい | easy to; likely to; prone to; have a tendency to ~ | N4 |
| 805 | yatto | やっと | at last; finally; barely; narrowly ~ | N4 |
| 806 | yo | よ | you know; emphasis (ending particle) | N5 |
| 807 | yohodo / yoppodo | よほど / よっぽど | very; greatly; much; to a large extent | N2 |
| 808 | yori | より | than; rather than; more than ~ | N4 |
| 809 | yori | より [2] | from~ (a time, place, or person) | N2 |
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| 810 | yori ~hou ga | より～ほうが | [2] is more than [1] | N5 |
| 811 | yori hoka nai | よりほかない | to have no choice but ~ | N2 |
| 812 | yorimo | よりも | in comparison to; rather than; more than ~ | N3 |
| 813 | yotei da | 予定だ（よていだ） | plan to, intend to | N4 |
| 814 | you da | ようだ | appears; seems; looks as if ~ | N4 |
| 815 | you dewa | ようでは | if ~ (bad result) | N2 |
| 816 | you dewa nai ka | ようではないか | let’s do (something); why don’t we ~ | N2 |
| 817 | you ga / you to | ようが / ようと | even if; no matter how/what ~ | N1 |
| 818 | you ga nai | ようがない | there is no way to; it’s impossible to ~ | N3 |
| 819 | you ga~you ga / you to~you to | ようが～ようが / ようと～ようと | no matter; whether; even if [A] or [B] | N1 |
| 820 | you ka~mai ka | ようか～まいか | whether or not; considering options | N2 |
| 821 | you na ki ga suru | ような気がする（ようなきがする） | have a feeling that; feels like; seems like; think that ~ | N3 |
| 822 | you ni | ように | in order to, so that ~ | N3 |
| 823 | you ni / you na | ように / ような | like; as; similar to ~ | N4 |
| 824 | you ni mieru | ように見える（ようにみえる） | to look; to seem; to appear ~ | N3 |
| 825 | you ni naru | ようになる | to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into ~ | N4 |
| 826 | you ni suru | ようにする | to try to; to make sure that ~ | N4 |
| 827 | you ni yotte wa / you dewa | ようによっては / ようでは | depending on the way; depending on how; according to how ~ | N1 |
| 828 | you nimo~nai | ようにも～ない | even if I wanted to… I couldn’t ~ | N1 |
| 829 | you suru ni | 要するに（ようするに） | in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply ~ | N2 |
| 830 | you to omou | ようと思う（ようとおもう） | thinking of doing; planning to ~ | N4 |
| 831 | you to shinai | ようとしない | not try to; not make an effort to ~ | N3 |
| 832 | you to suru | ようとする | try to; attempt to; be about to ~ | N3 |
| 833 | you to~mai to / you ga~mai ga | ようと～まいと / ようが～まいが | whether or not; regardless | N1 |
| 834 | yue ni | ゆえに | therefore; consequently; because of; due to ~ | N1 |
| 835 | zaru o enai | ざるを得ない（ざるをえない） | cannot help (doing); have no choice but to ~ | N2 |
| 836 | zehi | ぜひ | by all means; certainly; definitely ~ | N4 |
| 837 | zenzen~nai | 全然～ない（ぜんぜん～ない） | (not) at all | N4 |
| 838 | zo / ze | ぞ・ぜ | ending particle; adds force or indicates command | N1 |
| 839 | zu jimai | ずじまい | ended up not doing ~ | N1 |
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| 840 | zu ni sumu | ずに済む （ずにすむ） | get by without doing ~ | N2 |
| 841 | zu niwa okanai / nai dewa okanai | ずにはおかない / ないではおかない | will definitely/certainly do something; cannot not ~ | N1 |
| 842 | zu niwa sumanai / nai dewa sumanai | ずには済まない / ないでは済まない（ずにはすまない / ないではすまない） | must; will definitely; can’t help but to ~ | N1 |
| 843 | zu tomo | ずとも | even without doing; even without being ~ | N1 |
| 844 | zukume | ずくめ | completely; entirely; nothing but ~ | N1 |
| 845 | zuni | ずに | without doing ~ | N3 |
| 846 | zuni wa irarenai | ずにはいられない | can’t help but feel; can’t help but do; must do ~ | N3 |
| 847 | zurai | づらい | difficult to do ~ | N4 |
| 848 | zutsu | ずつ | apiece; each; at a time | N3 |
Total JLPT Japanese Grammar Lessons (848)
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