Learn JLPT N1 Grammar: がてら (gatera) Meaning: on the same occasion; at the same time; coincidentally How to use the: Verb ます (sterm form) + がてら Noun + がてら Explain: Used to show the case in the process of completing an action / event, at the same time, by the way …
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Learn JLPT N1 Grammar: を皮切りに (wo kawakiri ni) Meaning: starting with; beginning of How to use the: Noun + を皮切りに（して）/を皮切りとして Explain: Used in the case when it comes to performing an action then the same situation will last. Example sentences: 1, 彼の店は京都で成功したのを皮切りに、各地に次々と出店していずれも成功を収めた。 kare no mise wa kyouto de seikou shita …
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Learn JLPT N1 Grammar: をもって (o motte) Meaning: by means of; at the time How to use the: Noun + をもって Explain: Used to state the reason Used to indicate when to start (or end) something Use to indicate status Example sentences: 1, このレポートをもって、結果報告とする。 kono repōto o motte, kekka hōkoku …
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Learn JLPT N1 Grammar: が最後 (ga saigo) Meaning: once something occurs; something else happens How to use the: Verb-casual, past + が最後/ ら最後 Explain: The latter is a sentence indicating the speaker’s will or state that will inevitably occur. Example sentences: 1, ここで会ったが最後、謝ってもらうまでは逃がしはしない。 koko de attaga saigo, ayamatte morau made …
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Learn JLPT N1 Grammar: まみれ (mamire) Meaning: covered in How to use the: Noun + まみれ Explain: Use only with liquids (blood, sweat, mud …) or powder, fine particles (dust, powder, sand ….) so with words like 傷 (wound), 間 違 い (wrong ), 借 金 (debt) must be used …
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Learn JLPT N1 Grammar: とあれば (to areba) Meaning: if; if it is the case that How to use the: Noun + とあれば なadj + とあれば Explain: Use quite a lot with “If / then everything” will / dare do. ” Example sentences: 1, 両親が来るとあれば、部屋をきれいにしなければなりません。 ryōshin ga kuru to areba, heya …
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Learn JLPT N1 Grammar: ともなると (tomo naru to) Meaning: when How to use the: Verb-dictionary form + と(も)なると/と(も)なれば Noun + と(も)なると/と(も)なれば Example sentences: 1, 主婦ともなると独身時代のような自由な時間はなくなる shufu-tomo naru to dokushin jidai no yōna jiyūna jikan wanaku naru When you become a housewife, you don’t have the free time of a single …
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Learn JLPT N1 Grammar: なしに (nashi ni) Meaning: without How to use the: Noun + なしに(は)/なしでは Explain: The conditional “if not … then”, then な し に and な く し て は are interchangeable. You can also use “～ な し に” instead of “～ な し で” but …
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