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110 Essential JLPT N3 Grammar Points – Mimikara Series
110 essential N3 grammar points to study for the JLPT N3 exam.
| No. | N3 Grammar | Meaning |
| 1 | ～ことにしている | To have decided to do something (as a personal habit or rule) |
| 2 | ～ことになっている | It is arranged / stipulated that… / It is scheduled that… |
| 3 | ～ようになっている | Is designed to… / Is set up so that… (used for how machines or systems work) |
| 4 | ような、ように | Like / Such as / As if |
| 5 | ～みたい | Seems like / Looks like / Like |
| 6 | らしい | Typical of / True to type / -like (befitting its nature) |
| 7 | つもり | Thought that… / Believed that… (but the result turned out contrary to what one or others expected) |
| 8 | てくる | Expresses an action or reaction welling up from within the heart or body |
| 9 | ～てほしい、てもらいたい | Want someone to do something for me |
| 10 | ～ば、たら、と…たい、のに、よかった | If only… that would be great / I wish… / If…, I would like to… |
| 11 | 使役形 | Causative form (make, force, let, allow) |
| 12 | 自動詞 | Intransitive verb (The subject can be omitted from the sentence) |
| 13 | ～み | Nominalizer expressing a quality or state. (e.g. 楽しみ: joy / something to look forward to). |
| 14 | ～のではないだろうか？／ないかと思う | Isn’t it that…? / I think that perhaps… |
| 15 | ～Vないと、Vなきゃ、Vなくちゃ | Must V / Have to V |
| 16 | ～から～にかけて | From A through to around B |
| 17 | ～だらけ | Full of / Covered with / Nothing but (usually negative) |
| 18 | ～おかげで | Thanks to… (good result) |
| 19 | ～せい | Because of… / Due to… (bad result) |
| 20 | ～とおり、どおり | As… / In accordance with… |
| 21 | ～について、につき | About / Concerning |
| 22 | ～に関して | About / Regarding (more polite) |
| 23 | ～に比べて | Compared to… |
| 24 | ～に加えて | In addition to… / Besides… / Not only… but also… |
| 25 | ～に対して | In contrast to… / Toward… / Against… |
| 26 | ～たびに | Every time… / Whenever… |
| 27 | ～たとえ～ても | Even if… / Suppose that…, (still) |
| 28 | ～って | I heard that… (spoken language) |
| 29 | ～くらい、ぐらい | ① About / Approximately
② To the extent of… ③ As little as… / Just… (downplaying) |
| 30 | ～くらいなら、ぐらいなら | If it’s a choice between… I’d rather… |
| 31 | ～うちに | ① While… / Before it changes
② While doing…, (something unexpected) happened |
| 32 | ～を中心に | Centering on… / With A as the center |
| 33 | ～をはじめ | Starting with… / Headed by… / First of all… |
| 34 | ～に対し（て） | Toward… / To… (an action directed at a target N) |
| 35 | ～において | At… / In… |
| 36 | ～にわたって | Throughout… / Over a span of… |
| 37 | ～にとって | For… / To… (followed by a viewpoint or opinion) |
| 38 | ～によって | ① Because of / Due to (cause, reason)
② By / Through / By means of (method, means) ③ Depending on ④ Varies with / Depending on each case |
| 39 | ～に違いない | Must be… / Surely… / Without doubt… |
| 40 | ～とは、というのは | Means… / Is defined as… |
| 41 | ～たとたん | The moment I did V, … / Just after V, … (something unexpected follows) |
| 42 | ～につれて | As… / The more… the more… (changing together) |
| 43 | ～にしたがって | As… / In proportion to… / In accordance with… (similar to とおりに) |
| 44 | ～最中 | Right in the middle of… (when something unexpected happens) |
| 45 | ～てからでないと | Unless/Until one has done V, … (the latter is impossible or difficult) |
| 46 | ～て以来 | Ever since… (continuing up to now) |
| 47 | ～一方 | More and more… / Increasingly… |
| 48 | ～しかない、ほかない、よりない、よりほかない、ほかしかたがない | Have no choice but to… / The only way is to… |
| 49 | ～はもちろん | A goes without saying, and B too… |
| 50 | ～ついでに | While at it… / Taking the opportunity to… |
| 51 | ～ということだ | It means that… / That is to say… |
| 52 | ～ことはない | There is no need to… |
| 53 | ～こと | Do…! (a command, often used in notices) |
| 54 | ～ないことはない | It’s not that… not… / It’s not impossible to… |
| 55 | ～もの（もん） | Because… (used to explain or make excuses) |
| 56 | ～ものだから、もので | Because… / Since… (used to explain or make excuses) |
| 57 | ～ものか、もんか | Absolutely not… / No way… (strong denial) |
| 58 | ～たところ | When I did A, I found B (result) |
| 59 | ～ところに、へ、を、で | Just when… / At the moment when… |
| 60 | ～ところだった | Almost… / Nearly… |
| 61 | ～ほど | ① About
② To the extent of ③ Nothing / No one is more… than A |
| 62 | ～ば～ほど | The more… the more… |
| 63 | ～ほど | The more A is, the more… |
| 64 | ～など、なんか、なんて | ① Such as / For example
② The likes of… / Something as trivial as… (belittling) |
| 65 | ～などと、なんて言う、思う、信じる | Reports a thought or statement with surprise or disdain (“saying/thinking/believing something like…”) |
| 66 | ～からには | Now that… / Since… |
| 67 | ～きる | Do completely / Do to the end |
| 68 | ～ぎみ | Slightly… / A touch of… / Feeling somewhat… |
| 69 | ～がち | Tend to… / Apt to… |
| 70 | ～向き | Suitable for… |
| 71 | ～むけ | Intended for… / Aimed at… |
| 72 | ～を通じて、通して | ① Through / Via
② Throughout |
| 73 | ～っぽい | -ish / Feels like… / Tends to… |
| 74 | ～とともに | At the same time as… / Along with… / As… |
| 75 | ～にともなって | Along with… / As… (changing together) |
| 76 | ～に決まっている | Surely… / Definitely… (may be without basis) |
| 77 | ～っけ | Was it…? / What was it again? (trying to recall) |
| 78 | ～ように | ① Like / As
② So that / In order to |
| 79 | ～ようがない | There is no way to… / Cannot possibly… |
| 80 | ～はずだ | ① No wonder… / It’s only natural that…
② Should have… (but the result was contrary) ③ Must have already… |
| 81 | ～わけだ | ① Naturally / That means…
② No wonder… ③ Therefore… |
| 82 | ～わけがない | There’s no way that… / No reason that… |
| 83 | ～わけではない | It doesn’t mean that… / Not necessarily… |
| 84 | ～わけにはいかない | Cannot (for reasons of duty or circumstances)… |
| 85 | ～ないわけにはいかない | Cannot help but… / Have to… |
| 86 | ～かわりに | Instead of… / In place of… / In return for… |
| 87 | ～にかわって | On behalf of… / In place of… (A replaces B in doing something) |
| 88 | ～こそ | Precisely… / Indeed… |
| 89 | ～さえ | Even… |
| 90 | ～として | As… / In the capacity of… |
| 91 | ～からといって | Just because… (doesn’t mean…) / Although… |
| 92 | ～に反して | Contrary to… / Against… |
| 93 | ～に基づいて | Based on… |
| 94 | ～をもとに | Based on… / Using… as a basis |
| 95 | ～反面（はんめん） | On the other hand… / Conversely… |
| 96 | ～れる、られる | Passive form (expresses an unexpected event) |
| 97 | ～てたまらない | Extremely… / Can’t stand… |
| 98 | ～てならない | Extremely… / Cannot help feeling… |
| 99 | ～とか | I heard that… (possibly without a clear source) |
| 100 | ～だけ | As much as… / As far as one can… |
| 101 | ～ばかりでなく | Not only… |
| 102 | ～かけ、かける | Halfway through V / Left unfinished |
| 103 | ～をこめて | With all (one’s heart)… / Putting (feeling) into… |
| 104 | ～わりには | Considering… / For… (the result is unexpected) |
| 105 | ～くせに | Even though… (expresses complaint, annoyance, or criticism) |
| 106 | ～てみせる | Show by doing / I’ll show you by doing… |
| 107 | ～をきっかけに | Triggered by… / Taking the opportunity of… (leading to the result that follows) |
| 108 | ～とする | Suppose that… / Assuming that… |
| 109 | ～際に、際には | When… / On the occasion of… |
| 110 | ～おそれがある | There is a risk that… / I’m afraid that… |
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