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- N2 grammar～にあたって, ～に際して: the formal on-the-occasion-of formsにあたって marks the run-up to a milestone; に際して marks the moment itself. Same dictionary translation, and a different sentence each time you pick wrong.Available7 min read
- N2 grammar～ものの, ～とはいえ: concession in written JapaneseCompare ものの and とはいえ in written Japanese, check noun and adjective endings, and practise concession with all answers after the questions.Available8 min read
- N2 grammar～ざるを得ない: why two negatives mean ‘must’Learn how ～ざるを得ない is formed, why it means ‘have no choice but,’ when it sounds natural, and how it differs from other obligations.Available10 min read
- N2 grammar～かねる and ～かねない: opposite meanings, one stemLearn why ～かねます politely declines an action while ～かねません warns that it may happen. Compare both ます-stem forms in a realistic N2 notice and practise choosing them.Available6 min read
- N2 grammar～ばかりに, ～あまり: cause with a bad outcomeCompare ～ばかりに and ～あまり through causes, degree and attachment. Try six original N2 grammar questions, with every answer below the full exercise.Available9 min read
- N2 grammar～に過ぎない, ～にほかならない: assertion by eliminationCompare N2 に過ぎない and にほかならない: limiting a quantity or claim, asserting identity or cause, checked attachment forms, and original practice.Available8 min read
- N2 grammar～つつ vs ～つつある: overlap, contrast, and changeCompare N2 つつ and つつある: overlapping actions, concessive contrast, ongoing change, checked verb stems, and six original practice questions.Available8 min read
- N2 grammar～わけにはいかない: the social impossibilityLearn わけにはいかない and ないわけにはいかない: duty rather than lack of ability, verb forms, register, disputed N3/N2 placement, and original practice.Available8 min read
- N2 grammar～に伴って, ～に応じて, ～につれて: three kinds of covariationCompare に伴って, に応じて and につれて: gradual change, related events and condition-matched response, with checked forms and six original exercises.Available10 min read
- N2 grammar～ものだ: four uses and the ものではない warningLearn four uses of ものだ, the ものではない warning, checked verb and adjective endings, and six original questions with explanations below them.Available10 min read
- N2 grammarに限る, に限り, に限らず and に限って: meanings and limitsCompare に限る, に限り, に限らず and に限って: recommendations, restrictions, wider scope and unexpected exceptions, with six original practice questions.Available10 min read
- N2 grammar～にかかわらず and ～を問わず: irrespective of somethingCompare N2 にかかわらず and を問わず: conditions, categories, attachment and formal use. Learn their overlap through eight original exercises and explanations.Available9 min read
- N2 grammar～上で and ～上に: sequence, standpoint and additionCompare た上で, dictionary-form 上で and additive 上に by attachment, meaning and minimal contrasts, then practise all three in seven questions.Available8 min read
- N2 grammar～次第 and ～次第で: sequence or dependenceTell verb-stem 次第, noun 次第で and adverb 次第に apart by attachment, timing and outcome, then practise the three patterns in seven questions.Available6 min read
- N2 grammar～ものなら and ～ものだから: conditions and explanationsLearn when ～ものなら frames an unlikely condition and when ～ものだから gives an explanatory reason, with forms, limits and N2 practice.Available8 min read
- N2 grammarあげく and 末に: outcomes after a processChoose あげく or 末に by the result and speaker stance, with attachment rules, contrasting examples and original N2 practice.Available9 min read
- N2 grammarばかり, ばかりだ and ばかりか: three limitsDistinguish ばかり, ばかりだ and ばかりか by attachment: approximate amounts, one-way trends, and emphatic not-only-but-also addition.Available7 min read
- N2 grammarだけあって, だけに and だけのことはあるChoose だけあって, だけに or だけのことはある by result, emphasis and sentence position, with attachment rules and original N2 practice.Available7 min read
- N2 grammarだけましだ and まだしも: choosing the less bad optionSeparate だけましだ, which finds one saving feature in a bad situation, from ならまだしも, which accepts A only to reject the worse B.Available7 min read
- N2 grammarでしかない and のみ: restrictive statementsCompare Nでしかない with formal のみ: one judges something as nothing more than a noun, while the other restricts people, things or actions.Available8 min read
- N2 grammarどころか and どころではない: overturning expectationsCompare どころか and どころではない through expectation, circumstance, attachment and original N2 practice with hidden answers.Available7 min read
- N2 grammar得る and 得ない: possibility in formal languageLearn V-stem + 得る and 得ない for formal possibility, including える and うる readings, conjugation, limits and original N2 practice.Available8 min read
- N2 grammarがきっかけで and を契機に: what sets an event in motionChoose がきっかけで, をきっかけに or を契機に by particle, viewpoint and register, with clear limits, examples and six practice questions.Available8 min read
- N2 grammar反面 and 一方で: two sides of a situationChoose 反面 for opposing facets of one subject and 一方で for wider contrast or coexistence, with attachment rules and six practice questions.Available7 min read
- N2 grammar以上は, からには and 上は: commitments and consequencesCompare からには, 以上は and 上は by personal resolve, logical duty and no-turning-back force, with attachment rules and six practice questions.Available7 min read
- N2 grammarかと思ったら and か～ないかのうちに: surprise or immediate timingSeparate surprising reversal with かと思ったら from near-simultaneous timing with か～ないかのうちに, including forms and six practice questions.Available7 min read
- N2 grammar限り and に限って: boundaries and exceptionsLearn how 限り marks a continuing condition, evidence boundary or maximum extent, and why に限って singles out a particular case instead.Available8 min read
- N2 grammar甲斐がある and せっかく: effort and its valueLearn when 甲斐がある says an effort paid off and when せっかく presents an effort or opportunity that deserves to be used rather than wasted.Available8 min read
- N2 grammarから言うと, から見ると and からするとChoose から言うと for a stated criterion, から見ると for an observer or evaluative angle, and からすると for an inference from clues or circumstances.Available8 min read
- N2 grammarからこそ and からと言って: reasons and limitsCompare からこそ and からと言って: the decisive reason versus a conclusion that does not follow, with attachment rules and original N2 practice.Available7 min read