A Simplified Grammar of the Japanese Language: (Modern Written Style) |
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... persons have neither time nor inclination to investigate the Japanese classics or to carry on philological research . Their concern is with the language as commonly written now ; and they weary of searching through the pages of a ...
... persons have neither time nor inclination to investigate the Japanese classics or to carry on philological research . Their concern is with the language as commonly written now ; and they weary of searching through the pages of a ...
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... persons are spoken of ; ushi wo kuu , " to eat beef " ; and ushi no chichi , " cow's milk . ” 15. In the extremely rare cases in which it is absolutely indis- pensable to mention the sex of an animal , this can be done by prefixing some ...
... persons are spoken of ; ushi wo kuu , " to eat beef " ; and ushi no chichi , " cow's milk . ” 15. In the extremely rare cases in which it is absolutely indis- pensable to mention the sex of an animal , this can be done by prefixing some ...
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... person , " lit. , " kindness having - been person . " 20. Words of this third class correspond to English adverbs , if the postposition ni ( more rarely to ) is substituted for the verb naru , thus : kenso ni , " steeply " ; shizen ...
... person , " lit. , " kindness having - been person . " 20. Words of this third class correspond to English adverbs , if the postposition ni ( more rarely to ) is substituted for the verb naru , thus : kenso ni , " steeply " ; shizen ...
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... person , and complimentary terms to represent the second person , thus : boku , " servant " shō - sei , " small born , " " young " soregashi ; " a certain person " ware ( original meaning uncertain ) watakushi , " selfishness " yo ...
... person , and complimentary terms to represent the second person , thus : boku , " servant " shō - sei , " small born , " " young " soregashi ; " a certain person " ware ( original meaning uncertain ) watakushi , " selfishness " yo ...
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... person is kare , " that . " Paraphrases , such as kano hito , " that person " ( i.e. , " he " or " she " ) , are sometimes employed , as are also the honorific designations mentioned above as equivalents for the second person . Very ...
... person is kare , " that . " Paraphrases , such as kano hito , " that person " ( i.e. , " he " or " she " ) , are sometimes employed , as are also the honorific designations mentioned above as equivalents for the second person . Very ...
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Common terms and phrases
adverbs affirmative voice aruru ashimeraruru attributive form bekarazu beshi Causative Negative caused to cut Chinese Chinese numerals clause colloquial compound conclusive form corresponding Potential Forms DESIDERATIVE FORMS English eraruru FORMS Indicative Fourth Past Gerund gone hayaki hito homuru honorific iedomo ILLATIVE FORMS indefinite form inflections intransitive intransitive verbs irregular verb IRREGULAR VERB SURU isasezarishi ishimerarezarishi ishimezarishi ishimuru Japanese adjective Japanese language kana kirashimeraru kiru Kono Kore koto nakare kuru means miru mood motte naraba naran naredomo nari naru nashi nouns Oblique particle pass passive causative Past Concessive Past Conditional Past Hypothetical person postpositions praise preceding Present Actual Concessive Present Hypothetical Concessive present tense pronouns rarezarishi REGULAR CONJUGATION rendered romaji sasuru second conjugation Second Past SECTION SECTION sentence seshimuru sezarishi shite signifies sometimes sōrō stem suffixed suguru tive Uninflected words verb or adjective voice-continued vowel words yori yotte yuku