Review of 133 Key N3 Grammar Patterns

11/06/20264 min read

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Review of 133 key N3 grammar patterns
Let's review 133 key N3 grammar patterns for the JLPT N3.

No. Structure Meaning
1 ~たばかり have just (done)
2 ようになる to become, to turn into
3 ことになる it has been decided that, it has been arranged that
4 とても~ない there is no way that
5 ~らしい it seems that, it appears that, I hear that
6 ~てはじめて only after…, once… then…
7 ~ないで please don't ~
8 ~によって because of, depending on
9 ~のような like, as if ~
10 ~ば~ほど the more ~ the more ~
11 ~ばかり nothing but, only ~
12 ~は~で有名 famous for ~
13 N+を始め first of all, before anything else
14 ~的 -ish, -like, having the nature of ~
15 ~は~くらいです about, to the extent that, such as…
16 ~さえ~ば just, even, as much as ~
17 ~ほど to the extent that, especially, such as
18 ~まま leaving as is, keeping the state unchanged
19 ~わざわざ kindly, with good intentions
20 ~としたら supposing that, assuming that…
21 ~たものだ tends to, often…
22 ~たて have just…
23 ~ぐらい to the extent that, to the degree of, about…
24 ~かえって on the contrary, in contrast
25 ~には~の~がある for…, there will be
26 ~っぽい like…, as if…, it seems…
27 ~に関する regarding…, about…
28 ~まさか surely… not
29 ~まい never…, have no intention of…
30 ~きり since, after
31 ~いったい(一体) must be…, surely…
32 ~ふり to pretend, to act as if, to imitate
33 ~どうやら it seems, as if, in the end
34 ~おかげで thanks to ~
35 ~さらに(更に) furthermore, moreover…
36 ~すでに(既に) already, completely
37 ~つい accidentally…, ended up…
38 ~むしろ on the contrary, conversely
39 ~さえ even, as far as…
40 ~になれる to become, to turn into
41 ~に違いない it is certain that, definitely ~
42 ~なかなか still not…, not yet…
43 ~ために because of ~
44 ~ず not ~
45 ~によると according to ~
46 ~代わり(に) instead of, in exchange for, on the other hand ~
47 ~ようにする to make sure to do, to try to do ~
48 ~始める will start to ~
49 ~ても even if
50 ~として regarding as, in the capacity of
51 ~ように in order to ~
52 ~こそ precisely because ~
53 ~ないうちに before…
54 ~どうしても no matter what, definitely ~
55 ~がち tends to ~, apt to ~
56 ~せいぜい at most, no more than, as much as possible ~
57 ~に限る only, limited to, best ~
58 ~とともに~ together with, along with, as… so…
59 ~たび(に) every time, on each occasion ~
60 ~にすぎない(過ぎない) only, nothing more than ~
61 ~おいて(於いて) in, at (place or time)
62 ~げ appearance of ~, looks ~
63 ~つもりで intends to (expressing will)
64 ~うちに while ~
65 ~得る can ~ / as far as possible ~
66 ~たとたん(に) immediately after…
67 ~ばかりに only because of ~
68 ~たび(に) every time ~
69 ~だけに because of ~
70 ~だけあって truly is ~, worthy of ~
71 ~だらけ full of, nothing but ~
72 ~っけ if I remember correctly… right?
73 ~っこない absolutely not ~
74 ~っぽい it looks like ~
75 ~ついでに by the way, incidentally ~
76 ~つつ while ~
77 ~つつある gradually, in the process of ~
78 ~つつも even though…
79 ~て以来 ever since, all through ~
80 ~てからでないと/からでなければ if not…, then not…
81 ~てしかたがない cannot stand ~
82 ~てしょうがない cannot stand ~
83 ~てたまらない very…
84 ~でさえ even ~
85 ~てならない extremely, unbearably
86 ~ということだ I hear that, they say that ~
87 ~というものだ aimed at, with the content of ~
88 ~というものでもない cannot fully say that ~, cannot say that ~
89 ~というより rather than saying ~
90 ~と言えば/というと speaking of ~
91 ~と言ったら when it comes to ~
92 ~と言っても although it is said…, but
93 ~としたら if…
94 ~とともに~ together with, along with, as… so…
95 ~ないことには if not ~
96 ~ながら(も) and yet~, however ~
97 ~など/なんか/なんて something like, as much as, for example ~
98 ~にあって because of ~
99 ~において in, at, within ~
100 ~に応じて depending on, according to ~
101 ~における at, in, on
102 ~にかかわらず regardless of ~, unrelated to ~
103 ~に代わって in place of ~
104 ~に関する/に関して in relation to ~
105 ~にしたがって(従って) together with ~, in accordance with ~
106 ~にしろ even though ~
107 ~にすぎない(過ぎない) only ~
108 ~に対して towards, to ~
109 ~に違いない certainly ~, must be ~
110 ~について about the matter of ~
111 ~につれて together with ~
112 ~にとって for, to ~
113 ~にともなって together with…, as… so…
114 ~に反して(に はんして) contrary to…
115 ~にわたる / ~にわたって throughout, all over, across
116 ~はともかく set aside for now, leaving aside
117 ~はもとより not only, let alone
118 ~は抜きにして(は ぬきにして) stop…, quit…
119 ~反面(はんめん) on the other hand, conversely ~
120 ~べき / べきではない should / should not
121 ~向きだ(むきだ) suitable for, meant for ~
122 ~も~なら~も、~も~ば~も both ~ and ~
123 ~やら~やら things like ~ and ~
124 ~よりほかない there is no other way but to ~
125 ~わけない how could it be, there is no way ~
126 ~わけだ it means ~, it is because ~
127 ~わけではない not necessarily ~
128 ~わけでもない not necessarily ~ either
129 ~わけにはいかない therefore cannot / cannot do / must ~
130 ~わけはない / わけがない there is no reason ~, it does not mean ~
131 ~を中心に(して) / ~を中心として centred on ~
132 ~を通じて(を つうじて) through (an intermediary) ~
133 ~を問わず(を とわず) unrelated to ~, not a problem of ~

See also:
Easily Confused JLPT N3–N2 Grammar Patterns Compared PDF
JLPT N3 Grammar Exercises (with Answers)

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