Lesson 2 (Level 3)

～（という）わけだ Meaning & Usage: “That’s why / no wonder” and “So you mean” in Japanese

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.

…こと / …ということ Meaning & Usage: “the fact that [Sentence]” in Japanese

Learn Japanese grammar …こと / …ということ (“the fact that [Sentence]”). Clear meaning, formation with verbs, adjectives, and nouns, natural examples, and the difference between short こと and longer ということ.

Verb + ことは / ことが / ことを Meaning & Usage: “V-ing / to V” in Japanese

Learn how to use Verb + ことは / ことが / ことを to say “V-ing / to V” in Japanese. Clear meaning, natural examples, casual ～の forms, and important fixed expressions like ことができる, ことがある, and ことにする.

〜というより Meaning & Usage: “Rather than A, (it’s) more like B” in Japanese

Learn Japanese grammar 〜というより (“rather than A, it’s more like B”). Clear meaning, formation with verbs/adjectives/nouns, natural examples, and related grammar like AではなくB.

…ということだ Meaning & Usage: “I heard that…” / “So that means…” in Japanese

Learn Japanese grammar …ということだ with two key meanings: reported speech (“I heard that… / according to…”) and confirmation (“So you mean…”). Clear formation, natural examples, and related grammar like ～そうだ.

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.