Learn how to share your opinions and speculations non-assertively in Japanese using ～(の)ではない(だろう)か. Master its polite and casual conversational forms like ～んじゃない.

Learn how to express probability and guesses in Japanese using ～だろう (darou) and ～だろうと思う (darou to omou). We explain the meaning, formation, and the difference between spoken and written forms.

Learn how to use ～のだろうか in Japanese to express wonder, doubt, and inner questions. Includes grammar rules, examples, differences from ～のでしょうか, and common mistakes.

Learn how to use ～んじゃない？ in Japanese conversation. Understand its meanings for guesses, opinions, and soft advice with easy examples and grammar explanations for JLPT N3 learners.

Learn Japanese grammar ような気がする (“have a feeling that...” / “feel like...” ). Clear meaning, formation, natural examples, and comparisons with ようだ, みたいだ, and と思う.

Learn Japanese grammar ～そうもない / ～そうにない, a derived form of N4 ～そうだ. Clear meaning, formation, natural examples, and differences from ～そうだ and ～なさそう.

Learn Japanese grammar ～そうな and ～そうに, derived from the N4 pattern ～そうだ. Clear meaning, formation with verbs and adjectives, natural examples, and differences from sentence-final ～そうだ.

Learn Japanese grammar ～らしい with two key meanings: hearsay/inference (“it seems that...”) and typical nature (“characteristic of N / the epitome of N”). Clear formation, natural examples, and comparisons with ～そうだ, ～ようだ, and ～っぽい.

Learn Japanese grammar Nによると (“according to N”). Clear meaning, natural examples, formation, and how it works with hearsay expressions like ～そうだ, ～らしい, and ～ということだ.

Learn Japanese grammar ～（という）わけだ with two key meanings: “that’s why / no wonder” and “so you mean.” Clear formation, natural examples, and differences from direct reason expressions like から and confirmation expressions like ということですね.