KikushoDownload The JLPT study area
JLPT N1 grammar
Explore the N1 grammar roadmap. Search for a particular form or word, and see which lessons are available to study.
Find your next topic
N1 grammar roadmap
137 available · 0 planned
Open an available lesson to start studying. Planned topics show where this growing library is headed.
137 matching lessons · Showing 30
- N1 grammar～んがため, ～べく: classical purpose formsべく and んがため both mean 'in order to' in formal Japanese. Each hangs off a different verb stem, and that stem is how you tell them, and せん, apart.Available8 min read
- N1 grammar～まじき, ～ずして: the classical negativesLearn how まじき condemns an action and ずして means without doing. Compare their verb forms, formal register and limits, then try five exercises.Available8 min read
- N1 grammar～であれ, ～たりとも: concession at its most formalLearn when であれ means regardless of the case and when たりとも means not even one unit. Compare their N1 forms, limits and original exercises.Available7 min read
- N1 grammar～きらいがある: describing an unwelcome tendencyUse ～きらいがある to criticise an unwelcome tendency. Learn its forms, register, limits, and differences from ～がち and 傾向がある.Available8 min read
- N1 grammar～を余儀なくされる: forced by circumstancesUse N1 ～を余儀なくされる with event nouns, tense and explicit causes. Compare the forcing perspective and try six original questions before the answer block.Available7 min read
- N1 grammar～にかたくない: when something is easy to imagineLearn にかたくない with 想像 and 察する: formal ways to call an inference easy. Check its forms, limits and meaning, then try six original exercises.Available7 min read
- N1 grammar～ないまでも, ～なりとも: the minimum concessionCompare ないまでも and なりとも: conceding a higher degree or accepting a modest minimum. Learn their forms and limits, then try six original questions.Available9 min read
- N1 grammarFormal Japanese double negatives: a qualified yesRead ないものでもない and と言えなくもない as qualified affirmations. Learn how the two negatives work, where each form attaches, and practise with six questions.Available9 min read
- N1 grammar～ところを and the set greetings built on itLearn N1 ～ところを for considerate requests, apologies and thanks, with attachment, spoken examples, contrasting uses and eight original practice tasks.Available9 min read
- N1 grammarJapanese sentence-final さ, わ, ぞ and ぜRead sentence-final さ, わ, ぞ and ぜ with their attachments, stance and register. Distinguish spoken voice from formal prose and try eight original tasks.Available9 min read
- N1 grammar～いかんによらず and the 如何 familyLearn N1 いかんによらず and the 如何 family: noun attachment, depending-on versus regardless meanings, formal use and eight original exercises.Available9 min read
- N1 grammar～や否や, ～が早いか and ～なり: immediate successionCompare や否や, が早いか and なり: verb forms, immediate reactions, overlapping uses and other meanings of なり, with original practice and separate answers.Available7 min read
- N1 grammar～をもって and ～を皮切りに: boundaries and beginningsCompare formal ～をもって boundaries with ～を皮切りに sequences. Learn the variants, read realistic notices and solve seven original N1 questions.Available8 min read
- N1 grammar～といえども and ～であろうと: advanced concessionsChoose といえども or であろうと by whether you grant a fact or ignore a condition, with attachment, register, and N1 practice.Available8 min read
- N1 grammar～に至る and ～に至って: reaching a stageLearn how に至る reaches an endpoint, に至って marks a late reaction, and まで, も, は reshape the N1 family with examples and practice.Available8 min read
- N1 grammar～に堪えない and ～に忍びない: limits of toleranceLearn when に堪えない rejects unbearable quality or intensifies emotion, and when に忍びない means compassion makes an action too painful.Available7 min read
- N1 grammarべからず, べくもない and べくして: formal べく constructionsLearn how べからず prohibits, べくもない rules out possibility, and べくして marks an inevitable outcome in formal N1 Japanese.Available7 min read
- N1 grammarびる, ぶる and じみた: appearance or pretenceSeparate びる, ぶる and じみた by attachment and intent: a quality that emerges, a pose someone adopts, or a marked resemblance that shows through.Available8 min read
- N1 grammarぶり and っぷり: a manner you can observeLearn when ぶり and emphatic っぷり turn an action into an observable manner, why they differ from 方, and which combinations sound natural.Available7 min read
- N1 grammarだに and すら: two kinds of unexpected extremeLearn how だに narrows to mental triggers and fixed negatives, while すら marks a productive extreme; compare attachment, register and inference.Available9 min read
- N1 grammarだの～だの and やれ～やれ: listing with attitudeLearn how だの～だの quotes complaints while やれ～やれ frames a troublesome list, with attachment rules, contrast and N1 practice.Available8 min read
- N1 grammarであれ～であれ and いずれにしても: alternativesUse であれ～であれ to name alternatives and いずれにしても, いずれにしろ or いずれにせよ when the alternatives are already understood.Available8 min read
- N1 grammarでなくてなんだろう and ではあるまいか: assertionsCompare でなくてなんだろう's emphatic label with ではあるまいか's cautious proposition through attachment, register and rhetorical force.Available8 min read
- N1 grammarではあるまいし and ともあろうものが: expectationsCompare ではあるまいし, which rejects an irrelevant identity, with ともあろうものが, which invokes a real role to criticize conduct beneath it.Available9 min read
- N1 grammarでは済まない and て済むことではない: consequencesCompare では済まない with て済むことではない: what attaches before each form, how strongly each rejects an inadequate response, and what it does not mean.Available9 min read
- N1 grammarがてら, かたがた and かたわら: accompanying activitiesChoose がてら for a dual-purpose outing, かたがた for a formal courtesy purpose, and かたわら for long-running parallel roles.Available8 min read
- N1 grammarごとき, ごとく and ごとし: formal comparisonLearn how ごとき, ごとく, and ごとし express formal comparison in Japanese, how their sentence roles differ, and when direct noun + ごとき sounds humble or contemptuous.Available8 min read
- N1 grammarぐるみ, まみれ and ずくめ: different kinds of totalityChoose ぐるみ for whole-group participation, まみれ for material or figurative contamination, and ずくめ for an all-of-one-kind state in N1 Japanese.Available8 min read
- N1 grammar羽目になる and 始末だ: two unwelcome outcomesChoose 羽目になる for an imposed unpleasant situation and 始末だ for the critical endpoint of a bad sequence, with N1 formation and practice.Available8 min read
- N1 grammarほどのことではない and までもない: unnecessary effortChoose ほどのことではない when a matter is too minor to warrant an action and までもない when the action itself is unnecessary or excessive.Available9 min read