Japanese Particles
Particles are the small markers that glue a Japanese sentence together — they tell you who is doing what, to whom, where, and how. Master は, が, を, に, で and the rest and most of Japanese grammar suddenly makes sense.
16 grammar points
は Particle (Topic Marker) | Japanese Grammar
As for ~, speaking of ~
が Particle (Subject Marker) | Japanese Grammar
Identifies the subject
を Particle (Direct Object Marker) | Japanese Grammar
Marks the direct object
に Particle | Japanese Grammar (Time, Place, Direction)
At, in, to, for (time/place/direction)
で Particle | Japanese Grammar (Location, Means, Method)
At, by, with, in (location of action, means)
へ Particle (Direction) | Japanese Grammar
Toward, to (direction)
と Particle (And, With, Quotation) | Japanese Grammar
And, with, if/when, (quotation marker)
の Particle (Possession & Noun Connection) | Japanese Grammar
Possessive, of, noun modifier
も Particle (Also, Too, Both) | Japanese Grammar
Also, too, both, neither, even
か Particle (Question Marker) | Japanese Grammar
Question marker
Listing Nouns | ～や
A and B (among other things) — non-exhaustive noun list
だけ | Saying 'Only' in Japanese
Only, just, no more than
から〜まで | From … To in Japanese
From ~ to ~ (time and place)
くらい・ぐらい | Saying 'About' in Japanese
About, approximately, to the extent of
ほど | To the Extent That in Japanese
To the extent that ~, about ~, not as ~ as
数量＋も | Emphasising an Amount
As many as ~, as much as ~
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