A Japanese guide to Japanese grammar
Index

Use this handy index to quickly look up different types of grammar you encounter. Warning: This index is not yet complete.

Grammar Index

The 【あ行】

「か」 Question Marker－Sentence ending marker used to ask questions and to talk about undecided matters
「が」 Conjunctive －A conjunctive used to express a contradiction between two simple sentences
「が」 Particle－Subject particle, identifies who or what is doing the action
「から」 Conjunctive－A conjunctive used to express a reason for something.
カタカナ－A variant of the phonetic alphabet for foreign words
漢字（かんじ）－Chinese characters adapted for Japanese
「けど」 Conjunctive －Similar to 「が」, this is a more casual conjunctive used to express a contradiction between two simple sentences

「～たりする」－A conjunctive for verbs and state of being used to list multiple reasons for something
Te-form－A type of verb conjugation used in many different types of grammar. It, in and of itself, is used to express a sequence of more than one action.
「で」 Particle－Context particle used to express the means of which an action was performed
「と」 Particle－Particle used to denote "and" used for nouns
「とか」 Particle－Casual version of the 「や」 particle used to list a sample of items from a larger list

「に」 Particle－Target particle used to denote a target of a directional action
「ね」－A sentence ending used to confirm an expectation of agreement
「の」 Particle－Particle used to indicate possession, as a generic noun substitution, or to provide further explanation
「ので」 Conjunctive－Similar to 「から」, this is a politer conjunctive used to express a reason for something.
「のに」 Conjunctive－A conjunctive used to connect two sentences with the meaning, "in spite of", or "despite".

「は」 Particle－Topic particle, denotes a general topic (pronounced as / wa /)
ひらがな－The basic phonetic alphabet
「へ」 Particle－Directional particle used to denote the destination of a motion verb (pronounced as / e / )

「や」 Particle－Particle with the meaning "and"; it is used for nouns implying a sample of items from a larger list
「よ」－A sentence ending used to inform the listener of new and previously unknown information