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V(plain)ようにする
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"to make an effort to do something."
日本語は毎日勉強するようにしてください。 Please try to study Japanese every day. |
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V(stem)始める
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"begin V-ing"
私が日本語を勉強し始めたのは一年前です。 It was a year ago that I started studying Japanese. |
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V(stem), S
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Vstem form used in place of V-て
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Question word + －ても
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indicates "no matter what/when/who/where/how often"
東京はどこへ行って人でこんでいます。 Tokyo is crowded with people no matter where you go. |
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ーを始め
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starting with --, including --
アメリカではフットボールを始めバスケットボールアイスホッケーなどのスポーツもさかんです。 In America, sports such as basketball and ice hockey, not to mention football, are popular. |
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－的
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-type, -ic, -ical
forms adjectives from nouns 黒沢は世界的に有名監督である。 Kurosawa is a world-famous director |
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何と言っても
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undeniably; no doubt; by any account
日本の映画館等の中で最も有名なのは、何と言っても黒沢明だろう。 The most famous movie director in Japan by any account is Akira Kurosawa. |
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面白いことに
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introduces the content of what is interesting in the remainder of the sentence
面白いことにアメリカの大学では先生が学生をファーストネームで呼んでいるのだ。 It is interesting that teachers call students by their first names at American universities. |
