Quick Revision of N2 Grammar

Quick revision of N2 grammar
Here we revise N2 grammar (bunpou N2) quickly.
We hope this material is useful to anyone learning Japanese at N2 level.

1 ことにする to decide to do
2 ～ ばいいのに if only, I wish, you should have
3 ～ なかなか～ない hard to do, not (very)
4 ～ しか～ない the only way is, to have no choice but, only to do
5 わけだ of course it is, that is to say, in the end it is
6 にあたる corresponds to, that is, falls on, in, at
7 ～ いがいの apart from ~, other than
8 ～ というわけではない it does not mean that
9 ～ なるべく as far as possible, to do one's best
10 ～ べつに～ない not at all
11 ～ たしか certainly it is
12 なんといっても whatever anyone says
13 ～ といっても even though it is said so, but
14 ～ は～にかぎる only ~ will do
15 ～ にきをつける to be careful, to take care
16 ろくに～ない not ~ in the slightest
17 ～ せいか perhaps because
18 ～ にこしたことはない it is best to, better to
19 ～ くせに even though ~ and yet
20 ～ ゆえに because
21 ～ および and
22 ～ まんいち if by any chance
23 ～ あえて to dare
24 ～ がてら while you are at it
25 ～ にかけては as for, when it comes to
26 ～ かねない might well
27 ～ からなる to consist of, to be made up of
28 ～ ないですむ to get by without ~
29 ～ わけにはいかない cannot, cannot possibly but
30 ～ ないわけにはいかない must, cannot but
31 ～ たうえで after ~ is done
32 ～ ようなきがする to feel as if
33 ～ いったん～ば once
34 ～ でいいだ it will do, it is enough
35 ～ やむをえず unavoidable, reluctantly
36 ～ ではないだろうか perhaps it will ~
37 ～ ろくに～ない not ~ in the slightest
38 ～ よりしかたがない there is no other way, nothing else for it
39 ～ せめて at least ~, I would like
40 ～ ものですから because
41 ～ がきになる to worry about, to be concerned about, to be anxious about
42 ～ おもうように just as you thought
43 ～ さすが（に） just as you would expect
44 ～ ものの although ~ but
45 ～ いっぽう on the other hand, on the contrary
46 ～ それにしても whatever happens, however, even so
47 ～ を～にまかせる to entrust
48 ～ にいたるまで from ~ right up to
49 ～ かねる cannot, hardly able to
50 ～ さしつかえない no problem at all
51 ～ たちまち at once, suddenly
52 ～ つうじて through, all through
53 ～ なにしろ whatever happens
54 ～ かたわら alongside
55 ～ ごとき just like
56 ～ たまらない extremely
57 ～ とうてい utterly impossible
58 ～ のぼる to reach more than
59 ～ さえ～ば as long as
60 ～ しだいだ the thing is, the reason is, the upshot is
61 ～ あげく after ~ in the end
62 ～ あまり out of excessive ~, so ~ that
63 ～ いじょう as long as, now that it is
64 ～ いっぽうで on the other hand, on the contrary (expressing comparison)
65 ～ いらい ever since then
66 ～ うえに not only ~ but what is more
67 ～ うえで after ~ then
68 ～ おかげで thanks to
69 ～ おそれがある perhaps, there is a fear that, it may well be
70 ～ か～ないかのうちに no sooner ~ than
71 ～ かける unfinished, half-done
72 ～ がち usually, often
73 ～ かとおもうと no sooner did I see ~ than
74 ～ かねない might well
75 ～ かのようだ as though
76 ～ からいって judging from
77 ～ から～にかけて from about ~ to
78 ～ からして even, right up to
79 ～ からすると seen from the standpoint of
80 ～ からといって just because
81 ～ からには because it is, once you have ~ you must
82 ～ からみて seen from, judging by
83 ～ かわりに instead of, in return, on the other hand
84 ～ ぎみ seems, slightly, feels like
85 ～ きり after
86 ～ きる、きれる to do completely, to finish entirely
87 ~くらい、ぐらい about, roughly
88 ～ げ seems, appears
89 ～ こそ it is precisely, precisely because
90 ～ ことか how very, how terribly
91 ～ ことから because
92 こととなっている it is planned, it has been decided
93 ～ ことには how very
94 ～ ことはない there is no need to do
95 ～ さいちゅうに right in the middle of
96 ～ ざるをえない to have no choice but, to be obliged to, the only way left
97 ～ しかない the only way left, it is simply
98 ～ じょうは once that is so
99 ～ せいで because of, perhaps because of
100 ～ どころか instead of ~, on the contrary
101 ～ どころではない this is no time for, it is impossible to
102 ～ ないばかりか not only does it not
103 ～ にきまってる it is bound to be
104 ～ にくらべて compared with
105 ～ にくわえて in addition to, on top of, not only but also
106 ～ にこたえて to meet, to respond to
107 ～ にさきだつ before
108 ～ にさいし（て） when, in the case of, on the occasion of
109 ～ にしろ even if ~, still
110 ～ にそういない surely, it is certainly
111 ～ にそって along, in accordance with
112 ～ につき because of
113 ～ にほかならない it is precisely, there is no other way
114 ～ にもかかわらず in spite of, although
115 ～ ぬく right to the end
116 ～ のもとで under the
117 ～ すえ after
118 ～ まい not, probably not
119 ～ まいか definitely not, probably
120 ～ わりに compared with ~, (unexpectedly) considering
121 ～ をきっかけに taking the opportunity of, on the occasion of
122 ～ をけいきとして taking the opportunity of
123 ～ をこめて putting all of, with all
124 ～ をはじめ first of all one must mention
125 ～ をめぐる concerning, revolving around
126 ～ をもとにして based on
127 いっぽうだ to become, more and more