Japanese Grammar for JLPT Revision, Collected

Japanese grammar for JLPT revision, collected
Below is a brief list of Japanese grammar collected to help you revise for the JLPT.
Good luck with your studies and your exam.

1-じゃあるまいし：it is hardly…, it is not as if
2-ものか: absolutely not
3 – つつある: gradually
4 – たものだ: used to often
5 – 次第 : as soon as …, then
6 – ないと : must do
7 – とく : to do in advance
8 – みたい : like, sort of
9 – らしい : it seems, apparently
10 – うちに : while
11 – Vるわけにはいかない : cannot
12 – として : in the capacity of
13 – 最中に : right in the middle of
14 – 挙句 ( あげく）：after ~ in the end
15 – に限ったことはない : it is not only
16 – っぽい : like
17 – どちらかと言うと : if you ask which one, which side
18 – 既に : already
19 – にしたがって : the more the more
20 – に至って : to the point of
21 – のではない : it is not quite that
22 – もちろん。。。も : A of course, and B too
23 – に沿って : along….
24 – ばかりか : not only.. but also
25 – ようとも、、ようが : even if, however much
26 – て初めて : only when you v do you realise
27 – に越したことはない : nothing is better than
28 – ないで : please don't
29 – ようと、、まいと : whether you do it or not
30 – ばかりに : simply because, just because
31 – どころではない: this is no time for
32 – ようが、、まいが: whether or not
33 – ばかりか , ばかりではなく : not only but also
34 – ばかりだ : it tends to (get worse)
35 – Vた ばかり : to have just done V
36 – Vて ばかりいる : to do nothing but V
37 – であれ : whether a or b, it is all…
38 – と言わず。。。と言わず : whether … or
39 – であろうと : whether it is …, even if it is
40 – ようになる : to have become able to
41 – ようにする : to make a point of doing
42 – 以前に : before … then
43 – たところで : even if … still
44 – てたまらない : unbearable
45 – なら、、で : if…then in that way
46 – まくる : all the time, keep on
47 – っぱい : like…, as though…, seeming …, expressing a feeling
48 – たら〜たで : if…then in that way
49 – によって : based on
50 – をしりめに : ignoring, regardless of
51 – とあれば : if … then
52 – に例えると: if you liken A to B then
53 – たが最後 : once you have, then
54 – ようでは : if
55 – に至っては : as for, as to
56 – に至っても : even to the point of A
57 – なくしては : without …( it would be hard )
58 – なしでは …ない : without it … it is not possible
59 – 折に : at the time of
60 – は。。。で有名: famous for
61 – たらありゃしない : beyond words
62 – ところを : just when
63 – にたえる : to bear, to endure
64 – っぱなし : left as it is
65 – とはいえ : although it is said that
66 – といえども : even though it is
67 – くらいなら : if it comes to a, I would rather do b
68 – とおもいきゃ : just when you thought
69 – たて : just done
70 – がてら : while you are at it
71 – もさしつかえない : it is all right even if
72 – かたがた : while you are at it
73 – かたわら : alongside one job, also doing another
74 – なんとなく : somehow, without knowing why
75 – ついでに : while you are at it
76 – には。。。の。。。がある: for … there is
77 – まさか : surely not
78 – ずじまいだ : never got round to ..
79 – とばかりに : as if, as though to say …
80 – まいか : isn't it …?
81 – ともなく : idly, absently
82 – はいわずもがなだ : it goes without saying ,
83 – のみならず : not only but also
84 – = 81 ともなしに : = 81 idly, absently
85 – 一体: I wonder, well then
86 – ながらにして: just as it is, while still
87 – ふりをする : to pretend to
88 – てからでないと : unless you.. you will not.
89 – 主に : mainly..
90 – きらいがある : to have a tendency to
91 – どうやら : it seems as if
92 – が早いか : no sooner had you done v than
93 – や否や : no sooner, straight after
94 – Vるなり : after
95 – そばから : no sooner … than again
96 – てからというものは: ever since
97 – と いい 。。。と いい : both … and
98 – だにしない : not even A
99 – ただ。。。のみ : only
100 – にあって : in .. ( a situation, a set of circumstances)
101 – みこみがある : there is hope, there are prospects
102 – にひきかえ : in contrast to
103 – て以来: ever since v, what follows does not change
104 – べからざる : must not, cannot
105 – をもって: by means of,
106 – てやる: to do for someone
107 – といったところだ : only about, of that order
108 – ないではおかない : you cannot help doing it . You must do it
109 – いかんによらず : regardless of
110 – だけあって : precisely because it is
111 – っこない: impossible = できない
112 – るところだった : nearly
113 – をおいてはほかに、、ない: apart from….there is nothing
114 – ならでは : only N can
115 – んばかりに: as if about to
116 – ときたら : as for
117 – のなんのって : dreadful
118 – にとどまらず : not stopping at … but
119 – てからでないと : if it is not after doing v1 then v2 is impossible
120 – はおろか : of course
121 – だろうに : probably, surely
122 – 仕方がない : nothing for it
123 – 皮切りに : starting with
124 – もさることながら : that of course
125 – 案の定 : sure enough
126 – わけがない : absolutely impossible
127 – であろうと : even if it is
128 – いかんだ : depends on
129 – のみならず : not only but also
130 – いかんにかかわらず : regardless of
131 – ものともせずに: doing v despite the difficulty
132 – をよそに: turning a deaf ear, ignoring
133 – 抜きで: leaving out
134 – ならいざ知らず: if it were … I don't know, but
135 – そばから: no sooner done than…
136 – かいがある: worth doing
137 – すら: even, so much as
138 – 余儀なくさせる: to be obliged to, to have no choice but
139 – 禁じ得ない : cannot stop, cannot help.
140 – というところだ: at most, about that level
141 – ずにはおかない: without fail
142 – にとどまらず: not only that but also
143 – ずにはすまない: cannot not do it, must
144 – だの。。だの: listing: what with this and what with that
145 – に堪えない: extremely, exceedingly
146 – てやまない: always, ever, to pray for
147 – 極まる: extremely
148 – ばそれまでだ: that is the end of it
149 – までのことだ: I shall simply choose to..
150 – べからざる: should not, may not
151 – までもない: not to that extent…no need to
152 – あっての: thanks to
153 – にして – only just, not until
154 – だに: merely, and yet
155 – べし : you can V, V right now
156 – にしろ。。。。にしろ: what with …. and what with
157 – にしのびない: cannot bear it
158 – かと思うと: no sooner than
159 – を込めて : with all your..
160 – さて: and now
161 – にほかならない: it is precisely, nothing other than..
162 – 暁には: when that time comes
163 – がいがある: not in vain, worth the effort
164 – 挙げ句に: in the end, after all
165 – なくともよい: there is no need to
166 – とはいいながら: while it is true that
167 – 回もなく: quite unworthy
168 – さておき: leaving aside, not to mention for now
169 – ではなかろう: probably
170 – もっぱらのN: only, nothing but