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N4 〜はずだ hazu da Indicates logical expectation based on known information, attaches to verb adjective or noun, means should or must be N4 〜わけではない wake de wa nai Indicates partial negation, corrects an exaggerated interpretation, attaches to verb adjective or noun, means it does not mean that N4 〜という to iu Indicates name, definition, quotation, or explanation, attaches to a word or sentence, means called, said that, or that is N4 〜といえば to ieba Indicates association of ideas, introduces a related topic, attaches to word or sentence, means speaking of N4 〜とすると to suru to Indicates hypothesis based on an imagined condition, attaches to a sentence, means if that is the case or assuming that N4 〜としても to shite mo Indicates hypothetical concession, attaches to sentence or verb, means even if it is or even if it happens N4 〜とともに to tomo ni Indicates simultaneity, accompaniment, or parallel change, attaches to noun or verb, means together with or at the same time as N4 〜につれて ni tsurete Indicates gradual proportional change, attaches to verb or noun, means as one thing changes another also changes N4 〜にしたがって ni shitagatte Indicates gradual change or action following a rule, attaches to verb or noun, means as or according to N4 〜によると ni yoru to Indicates source of information, attaches to a noun, means according to or based on what was said N4 〜に違いない ni chigai nai Indicates strong certainty based on evidence or deduction, attaches to verb adjective or noun, means must surely be N4 〜わけがない wake ga nai Indicates strong logical impossibility, attaches to verb adjective or noun, means there is no way or impossible that