level3 (N3)

XというのはYのことだ / Yということだ Meaning & Usage: “X is Y / X means Y” in Japanese

Learn Japanese grammar XというのはYのことだ / Yということだ (“X is Y / X means Y”). Clear meaning, formation, natural examples, and related grammar like N1をN2と言う and …というN.

N1をN2と言う (N1 o N2 to iu) Meaning & Usage: “N1 is called N2” in Japanese

Learn Japanese grammar N1をN2と言う (“N1 is called N2”). Clear meaning, natural examples, formation, and related grammar using という, such as …というN, ～というのは～のことだ, and …ということだ.

Nに対して (N ni taishite) Meaning & Usage: “Toward / to / against” in Japanese

Learn JLPT N3 grammar Nに対して (“toward / to / against”). Clear meaning, natural examples, formal patterns like Nに対し and Nに対するN, common mistakes with Nにとって, and the contrast use “Xに対して, Y.”

Nについて (N ni tsuite) Meaning & Usage: “About / regarding” in Japanese

Learn JLPT N3 grammar Nについて (“about / regarding”). Clear meaning, natural examples, formation, the noun pattern NについてのN, and related grammar like Nに関して.

Nによって (N ni yotte) Meaning & Usage: “Depending on N / it depends on N” in Japanese

Learn JLPT N3 grammar Nによって (“depending on N / it depends on N”). Clear meaning, natural examples, common patterns like Nによって違う and embedded-question forms such as 何をするかによって, plus related grammar like Nによる and Nしだい.

Nからみると / からすると / からいうと Meaning & Usage: “Judging from N’s standpoint” in Japanese

Learn JLPT N3 grammar Nからみると / からすると / からいうと (“judging from N’s standpoint / from N’s point of view”). Clear meaning, natural examples, nuance differences, and related grammar like Nにとって and Nにしてみれば.

Nとして (N to shite) Meaning & Usage: “As N / in the role of N” in Japanese

Learn JLPT N3 grammar Nとして (“as N / in the role of N”). Clear meaning, natural examples, common patterns like NとしてのN and Nとしては, and related grammar such as Nで and Nにとって.

Nにとって (N ni totte): For N / from N’s standpoint in Japanese

Learn JLPT N3 grammar Nにとって (“for N / from N’s standpoint”). Clear meaning, natural examples, common mistakes, and related patterns.

何といっても (nanto ittemo) — “Above all / undeniably”

Learn JLPT N3 grammar 何といっても (“above all / undeniably / no question”). Clear meaning, natural examples, common mistakes, and related patterns like 何より(も).

Nといえば (N to ieba): “Speaking of…” / “When you mention…”

Learn JLPT N3 grammar Nといえば (“speaking of / when you mention…”). Clear meaning, natural examples, common mistakes, and related patterns like NといえばNだ and Nといったら.

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