食事の量を控えるようにしています

N4 食事 shokuji meal, dining, food N3 量 ryou quantity, amount, volume N1 控える hikaeru to hold back; to make notes N5 います imasu there is / exist (living things)

N5 食 shoku, jiki / ku.u, ku.rau, ta.beru, ha.mu eat, food, manger N4 事 ji, zu / koto, tsuka.u, tsuka.eru matter, thing, fact N2 量 ryou / haka.ru quantity, measure, weight N1 控 kou / hika.eru, hika.e withdraw, draw in, hold back

N4 〜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 N5 〜ている te iru Indicates ongoing action, continuous state, repeated habit, or resulting condition depending on context N4 〜ようだ you da Indicates assumption based on evidence or impression, attaches to verb adjective or noun, means it seems that N5 〜ます masu Used at the end of verbs, polite present or future form, makes the sentence more polite N4 〜し shi Indicates multiple reasons or qualities, connects clauses or adjectives, means besides that, and also N5 〜を o Marks the direct object of an action, appears before the verb, shows what receives the action N5 〜に ni Indicates destination, target, arrival point, specific time, or person receiving an action N5 〜の no Indicates possession, relation between nouns, nominal explanation, or turns a verb into a noun phrase N5 〜よ yo Sentence ending particle adding information to listener, emphasizes statement, expresses certainty or warning