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79 grammar points
Time Patterns
Grammar patterns related to Time, across all JLPT levels.
79 grammar points
All conjugation types
N5 → N1
79 grammar points
JLPT N5
4 grammar points
〜後に
Time
>>
after ~
〜前に
Time
>>
before ~
〜ながら
Time
>>
while ~
〜ないで
Time
>>
without ~ing
JLPT N4
14 grammar points
〜間に
Time
>>
while ~
〜始める / 〜終わる
Time
>>
①
finish ~ing
②
start to ~
〜ことがある
Time
>>
sometimes ~
〜までに
Time
>>
by ~
〜たばかり
Time
>>
just did ~
〜たことがある
Time
>>
have done ~ before
〜てある
Time
>>
has been done ~
〜ていく
Time
>>
①
continue to ~
②
move away from ~
〜ている
Time
>>
①
be ~ing
②
be in a state of ~
〜てくる
Time
>>
①
have become / have been
②
come towards
③
go and come back
〜ておく
Time
>>
①
do in advance
②
leave as is
〜てしまう
Time
Emotion
>>
①
completely finished / have done
②
unfortunately / unintentionally
〜てから
Time
>>
after ~
〜ところだ
Time
>>
①
about to ~
②
in the middle of ~
③
just finished ~
JLPT N3
18 grammar points
〜ぶり
Time
Tendency
>>
①
for the first time in ~
②
manner or style of ~
〜ごとに
Time
>>
every ~ / at intervals of ~
ものだ
Time
Tendency
>>
used to ~
〜において
Time
Topic
>>
in/at ~ (formal)
〜にしたがって
Time
>>
as ~ / according to ~
〜につれて
Time
>>
as ~ (proportion)
〜にわたって / にわたる
Time
Degree
>>
extending over ~
〜おきに
Time
>>
at intervals of ~
〜際
Time
>>
on the occasion of ~
〜最中に
Time
>>
in the middle of ~
〜たところ
Time
>>
when I did ~
〜たびに
Time
>>
every time ~
〜とともに
Time
Enumeration
>>
along with ~
〜途中
Time
>>
in the middle of ~
〜たとたん
Time
>>
the moment ~
〜ついでに
Time
>>
while ~ing
〜うちに
Time
>>
while ~
〜を通して
Time
Limitation
>>
①
throughout ~
②
through ~
JLPT N2
22 grammar points
〜あげく
Time
>>
after ~ing
〜以来
Time
>>
ever since ~
〜きり
Time
Limitation
>>
①
ever since ~
②
only ~
〜か〜ないかのうちに
Time
>>
as soon as ~
〜かと思うと
Time
>>
no sooner than ~
〜このかた
Time
>>
ever since ~
〜のもとで
Evaluation
Time
>>
under the ~ of
〜に際して
Time
>>
upon ~ (formal)
〜に限って
Limitation
Time
>>
①
definitely not ~ (trust)
②
especially when ~
〜にともなって
Time
Reason
>>
as ~ / along with ~
〜につけて
Time
>>
whenever ~
〜にて
Time
Reason
>>
at ~
〜にあたって
Time
>>
upon ~ (formal)
〜に先立って
Time
>>
prior to ~ (formal)
〜折に
Time
>>
on the occasion of ~
〜末に
Time
Reason
>>
after much ~
〜次第
Time
Conditional
>>
①
as soon as ~
②
depends on ~
〜ところだった
Time
>>
almost ~
〜つつある
Time
>>
in the process of ~
〜上で
Time
Topic
>>
①
after ~
②
in ~ing
〜を契機に
Reason
Time
>>
following ~
〜ようとしている
Time
>>
about to ~
JLPT N1
21 grammar points
〜が早いか
Time
>>
no sooner had ~ than
〜かたわら
Time
>>
while also ~
〜に至る
Time
>>
lead to ~
〜にする
Time
Enumeration
>>
upon ~ (state)
〜なしに
Time
Conditional
>>
without ~
〜なり
Time
>>
as soon as ~
〜にあって
Time
>>
in the midst of ~
〜そばから
Time
>>
no sooner than ~
〜た弾みに
Time
>>
the moment ~
〜たためしがない
Time
>>
never happened before
〜てはじめて
Time
>>
not until ~
〜てからというもの
Time
>>
ever since ~
〜というもの
Time
>>
ever since ~
〜ところ
Time
>>
at a time when ~
〜を限りに
Time
Limitation
>>
as of ~ (ending)
〜を皮切りに
Time
>>
starting with ~
〜を境に
Time
Comparison
>>
since ~
〜をもって
Time
Limitation
>>
①
as of ~
②
by means of ~
〜を経て
Time
>>
through ~
〜より
Time
>>
from ~
〜や否や
Time
>>
no sooner than ~