Japanese Grammar

An Approach to Understanding Particles (2) The particle の can be used to connect nouns, or it can be used as a formal noun in place of a noun. Let’s understand this difference from the basics. This distinction is very important when describing scenes in novels.

An Approach to Understanding Particles (1) (Case Particles) We will focus on the particles で and に to explore the particles used to construct Japanese sentences. To understand Japanese novels, simply memorizing the “meanings” of particles in translated example sentences is not very effective. Instead, let’s understand the roles of particles and how they structure sentences.