| A | B |
|---|
| AはBにちかいです | A is near to B |
| AはBからとおいです | A is far from B |
| thingのしたにitemがあります | Under the __ there is a ___ |
| itemはthingのしたにあります | The ___ is under the ___ |
| AはBのnorth/south/west/eastのほうにあります | A is to the north/south/west/east of ___ |
| placeへ stemにいきます | Going somewhere to do something |
| いbecomesくて | i adj onto another adj |
| nothing | i adj onto thing you are describing |
| で | na adj onto another adj |
| なna adj onto the thing you are describing | na adj onto the thing you are describing |
| でno adj onto another adj | no adj onto another adj |
| のno adj onto the thing you are describing | no adj onto the thing you are describing |
| teform, change te to ta and add ri たりたりします | doing this and that in no particular order |
| stem すぎます | too, do too much |
| いbecomesくi adj - adverb | i adj - adverb |
| add にna adj - adverb | na adj - adverb |
| いbecomes くなりますi adj - become | i adj - become |
| add になりますna adj - become | na adj - become |
| addになりますnoun - become | noun - become |
| te form, change te to ta and add ra たらいいです | should |
| stem そう | looks, seems |
| meal に | for a meal |
| utensilで | by means of (chopsticks) |
| といいます | reported speech (she said) |
| の | the ones |
| てform plus みます | try to do |
| te form, change te to ta and add raたら | if |
| stem かた | way of doing |
| もう+pos | already |
| まだ+pos | still |
| stem +はじめます | start doing |
| stem +つづけます | continue doing |
| stem +おわります | stop doing |
| stem +ながら | while |
| もう+neg | no longer |
| まだ+neg te imasen | not yet |
| stem +やすい | easy to do |
| stem +にくい | hard to do |
| より | than |
| のほうが | side of the argument |
| いちばん | most |
| どれ | which (3 or more items) |
| どちら | which (2 items) |
| add だったら | if (with a noun or na adj) |
| past tense plus ra =かったら | if with a i-adj |
| いっしゅうかん に いっかい | once a week |
| いっかげつかん に にかい | twice a month |
| いちねんかん に さんかい | 3 times a year |
