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28 grammar patterns

Tendency Patterns

Grammar patterns related to Tendency, across all JLPT levels.

28 grammar patterns

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JLPT N4

5 grammar patterns

〜がする

>> sense ~ (sound, smell, etc.)

〜がる

>> seem to feel ~

〜まま

〜やすい / 〜にくい

>> ① easy to ~ ② hard to ~

〜ようになる

>> become able to ~

JLPT N3

7 grammar patterns

〜ぶり

>> ① for the first time in ~ ② manner or style of ~

〜だらけ

〜ふりをする

>> pretend to ~

〜がち

〜一方だ

>> more and more ~

〜かける / 〜かけの

>> half-finished ~

ものだ

JLPT N2

10 grammar patterns

〜ばかり

>> getting worse ~

〜ぶる

>> pretend to be ~

〜ふう

>> in the manner of ~

〜気味

>> a touch of ~

〜がたい

>> hard to ~ (psychologically)

〜ことなく

>> without doing ~

〜まま

>> according to ~

〜ないで済む

>> get by without ~ing

〜っぱなし

>> leaving ~ as it is

〜っぽい

ComparisonTendency

>> ① ~ish (appearance) ② ~ish (quality) ③ easily ~

JLPT N1

7 grammar patterns

〜びる

>> look or feel ~

〜きらいがある

〜まみれ

>> covered in ~

〜めく

>> has an air of ~

〜ながらに / 〜ながらの

>> in the state of ~

〜ともなく

>> ① unconsciously ~ing ② from some unknown ~

〜を禁じ得ない

>> can't help but feel ~