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〜ように見える
you ni mieru
Indicates visual appearance or observed impression, attaches to a verb, means looks like or seems to be
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〜ように聞こえる
you ni kikoeru
Indicates auditory impression, attaches to a verb, means sounds like or seems from the sound
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〜ように感じる
you ni kanjiru
Indicates subjective impression or personal feeling, attaches to a verb, means I feel that or it seems to me
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〜ことがある
koto ga aru
Indicates past experience or occasional occurrence, attaches to a verb, means have done before or sometimes happens
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〜ことに気づく
koto ni kizuku
Indicates noticing or realizing a fact, attaches to a clause nominalized with koto, means realize that
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〜ことに決める
koto ni kimeru
Indicates deciding to do something, attaches to a verb with koto, emphasizes personal decision or conscious choice
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〜ながら
nagara
Indicates two simultaneous actions by the same subject, attaches to the verb stem, means doing one thing while doing another
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〜ので
node
Indicates cause or reason in a softer way than kara, connects two clauses, often used in polite explanations
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〜のに
noni
Indicates unexpected contrast, connects two opposing ideas, means although, despite, even though
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〜てから
te kara
Indicates clear time sequence, attaches to the te-form verb, means after doing something
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〜たり〜たり
tari tari
Lists actions or states as examples, does not show a complete list, means doing things such as this and that
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〜し
shi
Indicates multiple reasons or qualities, connects clauses or adjectives, means besides that, and also
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〜ようになる
you ni naru
Indicates gradual change in ability habit or state, attaches to a verb, means come to be able to or become
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〜ようにする
you ni suru
Indicates conscious effort to build a habit or avoid something, attaches to a verb, means try to do or make sure to
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〜みたい
mitai
Indicates appearance comparison or informal assumption, attaches to verb adjective or noun, means seems like or like
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〜そうだ (aparência)
sou da
Indicates visual appearance based on observation, attaches to verb or adjective stem, means looks like it will
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〜そうだ (ouvi dizer)
sou da
Indicates information heard from another source, attaches to a full sentence, means I heard that or they say that
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〜ために
tame ni
Indicates purpose goal or reason, attaches to a verb or noun, means in order to do or because of something
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〜場合
baai
Indicates a conditional situation or specific case, attaches to verb adjective or noun, means in case of
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〜ば
ba
Indicates a hypothetical condition, attaches to verb or adjective, means if it happens then
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〜なら
nara
Indicates a condition based on context or already mentioned topic, means if it is the case of
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〜かもしれない
kamoshirenai
Indicates uncertain possibility, attaches to verb adjective or noun, means maybe or it may be that
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〜でしょう
deshou
Indicates polite assumption or likely confirmation, attaches to a sentence, means probably or right
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〜だろう
darou
Indicates informal assumption or prediction, attaches to a sentence, means probably or I think that