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wa: subject
de: in (in Japanese or English)
de: with (means of action)
(with a word processor,
with chopsticks)
de: by (means of transportation)
(except for aruite-by foot)
de: at (where an action occurs)
(restaurant de tabemasu)
(hon de kaimasu)
(fho de aimashou)
de: by yourself (hitori-de)
de: of (kazoku de dare ga ichiban...)
e: to (as in go to)
e: to (for thing or place you send or
call -note: ni is ok too)
ga: but (used to link sentences)
ga: for object of verb or adjective
that describe preference,
ability, possession.
use for object of have,
understand, like, dislike, good
at, poor at
(riori ga suki desu, Nihongo ga
wakarimasu)
ga: paricle for thing or person that
is/exists (computer ga arimasu,
dog ga imasu)
kara: connects 2 sentences to
denote a casual relationship
(S1 is the reason for S2)
kara: from (itsu kara-fromwhen)
kara: receive from an organization
(ginko kara $ o karimashita)
kara: because -placed at end of sent
mo: also (watashi mo)
mo: nowhere, nothing (doko mo
ikimasen; nani mo tabemasen)
ni: on or at (date, birthday, time)
(tanjoubi ni)
ni: to (for person to whom you give,
send, lend, teach, call etc)
ni: from (for person from whom you
recieve, borrow, learn, etc).
ni: for dir object of to meet
ni: in (place ni N2 ga arismasu or
imasu, place where N2 is
present)
ni: marks the goal as in:
ni: in that (N ni V) kisaten ni hairimas
no: N1 no N2 (N1 modifies N2)
(ashita no ban)
no: N1 no N2 (N1 owns N2)
(Watashi no hon)
no: N1 no N2 (N2 is made in N1)
(N2 is from N1)
o: indicates direct object of verb
(cut buy make borrow lend give)
o: particle for onegaishimasu
(denwabango o onegaishimasu)
o: at starting point for verbs like
demasu or orimasu (N ni N o V)
nana ji ni uchi o demasu
to: with (with family, friend)
to: and (connect 2 nouns)
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