Quick Notes

Short, focused notes on grammar, vocabulary, and kanji — organized by JLPT level.

• N2Grammar Pattern

  ～わけだ／わけではない — That's why / Not that

  Explains reasoning or softens a negation.

• N2Grammar Pattern

  ～に関して — Regarding

  Formal 'concerning'.

• N2Grammar Pattern

  ～によって — Depending on / By

  Dependence, cause, or agent.

• N2Grammar Pattern

  ～として — As

  Capacity or role.

• N2Grammar Pattern

  ～だけに／だけあって — Precisely because

  Result fits expectations.

• N2Grammar Pattern

  ～ば～ほど — The more…the more

  Proportional increase.

• N2Grammar Pattern

  ～に違いない — Must be

  Strong conviction.

• N2Grammar Pattern

  ～がち — Tend to

  Undesirable tendency.

• N2Grammar Pattern

  ～ながら — While / Even though

  Simultaneous actions or concession.