Important N2 Japanese Adverbs
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Important N2 Japanese Adverbs
The important N2 Japanese adverbs
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1. なんとも〜ない not in the slightest
2. もし(も) if…
3. もしかしたら ・ もしかすると or perhaps, it may be that…
4. なるべく cas … as possible
5. なるほど quite so, I see
6. 確(たし)か if I remember correctly, I believe
7. 確(たし)かに certainly, plainly
8. なんとも〜ない not in the slightest
9. 必ず without fail, always
10. 必ずしも 〜とは限らない not necessarily, not always
11. いつか(1) some time / before now
12. いつまでも all along… (for ever, without stopping)
13. いつの間にか before you know it
14. つい by mistake
15. ついに in the end
16. どうしても without fail, however you try you cannot
17. どうも a little, it seems
18. どうにか somehow or other
19. なんとか one way or another
20. まもなく soon, before long
21.ちかぢか soon, one day not far off
22. やがて before long, any moment now
23. ようやく in the end
24. いずれ before long, any
25. たちまち/ ただちにat once
26. にわかに suddenly, abruptly
27. 絶えず endlessly, continuously
28. つねに usually, always
29. しきりに continually, again and again, eagerly
30. しょっちゅう often, frequently
31 すでに already, too late, done
32. とっくに it is high time, past time
33. 前もって beforehand
34. ほぼ about, roughly, broadly
35. およそ approximately, roughly
36. ほんの only
37. たった just, only
38. いわば you could say
39. いわゆる so-called
40. まさか surely … not
41. 一気に in one go, in one breath
42. 思い切り decisively, with resolve
43. 思わず unwittingly, on impulse
44. なにしろ whatever happens
45. いっそう far more, a step further
46. 別に〜ない besides… nothing more… 別にほしいものはない
47. そう〜ない not to that extent
48. 一切~ない not in the slightest… 私はその事件とは一切関係ない。
49. おそらく〜だろう I fear, probably
50. どうせ〜だろう in any case, either way
51. せっかく〜のに mafter all that trouble… and yet
52. かえって on the contrary
53. さっそく at once
54. あいにく unfortunately, sorry but
55. あくまで(も) persistently, stubbornly to the end
56. やや a little, slightly
57. なお not yet, besides, what is more
58. 次第に gradually, little by little
59. ぴったり;ぴたり a perfect fit, exactly right (clothes)
60. やはり、やっぱり just as you thought
61. うっかり labsent-minded, inattentive
62. がっかり disappointed
63. ぎっしり packed tight, crammed
64. ぐっすり((sleeping) soundly, (sleeping) deeply
65. こっそり quietly (so as to make no sound), stealthily ( so no one sees or hears …)
66. さっぱり fresh, refreshed (after washing your face), light (food)
67. さっぱり...ない not in the slightest, not at all.
68. ぐったり worn out, exhausted
69. しっかり firmly, solidly
70. すっきり clear-headed, refreshed (on waking )
71. そっくり the very image, exactly alike
72. にっこり with a smile
73. のんびり at leisure, unhurried
74. はっきり clearly, plainly
75. ぼんやり hazy, dim (scenery)
76. びっくり surprised
77. ゆっくり slowly, unhurried
78. たっぷり plenty of, brimming (time, food)
79. おもいきり to give up, to lose heart
80. あちこち here and there
81. 生き生き &“lively (as if real)
82. いちいち one by one
83. いよいよ &“the more …the more…
84. いらいら tannoyed, in an irritable, bad-tempered state
85. しばしば frequently
86. それぞれ each, respectively
87. そろそろ about to, any moment now
88. とうとう finally
89. のろのろ slowly, at a leisurely pace
90. ふわふわ lfloating, drifting
91. ますます dgradually, more and more
92. とっくに long ago
93. ついでに nhwhile you are at it
94. たまに occasionally
95. やたらに indiscriminately, recklessly
96. しきりに endlessly, in quick succession, one after another.