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35 grammar points
Learn Masu-form
Masu-form Patterns
Grammar patterns that use Masu-form conjugation, across all JLPT levels.
35 grammar points
Learn Masu-form
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N5 → N1
Showing 36 of 35 patterns
JLPT N5
3 grammar points
〜ながら
Time
>>
while ~
〜に行く/〜に来る
Purpose
>>
go/come to do ~
〜たい
Intention
>>
want to ~
JLPT N4
5 grammar points
〜始める / 〜終わる
Time
>>
①
finish ~ing
②
start to ~
〜なさい
Intention
>>
do ~ (command)
〜そう
Supposition
>>
①
looks like ~
②
i heard that ~
③
about to ~
〜すぎる
Degree
>>
too much ~
〜やすい / 〜にくい
Tendency
>>
①
easy to ~
②
hard to ~
JLPT N3
7 grammar points
〜ぶり
Time
Tendency
>>
①
for the first time in ~
②
manner or style of ~
〜がち
Tendency
>>
tend to ~
〜かける / 〜かけの
Tendency
>>
half-finished ~
〜きる
Degree
>>
to do completely
〜さえ〜ば
Conditional
>>
as long as ~
〜たがる
Intention
>>
wants to ~
〜ようがない
Limitation
>>
no way to ~
JLPT N2
16 grammar points
〜得る / 〜得ない
Supposition
>>
can ~ (possibility)
〜気味
Tendency
>>
a touch of ~
〜がたい
Tendency
>>
hard to ~ (psychologically)
〜かねない
Supposition
>>
could result in ~
〜かねる
Potential
>>
unable to ~
〜っこない
Supposition
>>
definitely not ~
〜甲斐
Reason
>>
worth the effort
〜もしない
Limitation
>>
don't even ~
〜ながら
Concession
>>
although ~
〜ぬく
Degree
>>
to do ~ until the end
〜っぱなし
Tendency
>>
leaving ~ as it is
〜っぽい
Comparison
Tendency
>>
①
~ish (appearance)
②
~ish (quality)
③
easily ~
〜そうにない
Supposition
>>
unlikely to ~
〜次第
Time
Conditional
>>
①
as soon as ~
②
depends on ~
〜つつ
Concession
>>
although ~
〜つつある
Time
>>
in the process of ~
JLPT N1
5 grammar points
〜がてら
Purpose
>>
while also ~
〜ながらに / 〜ながらの
Tendency
>>
in the state of ~
〜尽くす
Degree
>>
exhaust ~
〜つ〜つ
Enumeration
>>
alternating ~ and ~
〜ようによって
Conditional
>>
depending on how ~