{"id":1213,"date":"2024-07-08T10:46:43","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.joyokanjikai.com\/learning-japanese\/?p=1213"},"modified":"2024-07-10T12:31:12","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T12:31:12","slug":"%e3%81%9f%e3%81%a8%e3%81%93%e3%82%8d%e3%81%a7-japanese-grammar-explained-with-examples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joyokanjikai.com\/learning-japanese\/%e3%81%9f%e3%81%a8%e3%81%93%e3%82%8d%e3%81%a7-japanese-grammar-explained-with-examples\/","title":{"rendered":"\u301c\u305f\u3068\u3053\u308d\u3067 (Japanese Grammar Explained \u2013 With Examples)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In Japanese grammar, \u201c\u301c\u305f\u3068\u3053\u308d\u3067\u201d (ta tokorode) is a phrase that means \u201ceven if an action or a state were realized\u201d or often (to put it even more simply) just \u201ceven if\u201d. It suggests that even if the action were to occur, the result would not change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s how to use \u201c\u301c\u305f\u3068\u3053\u308d\u3067\u201d in a sentence:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Take the verb you want to use, and change it to its past tense ta-form.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Add \u201c\u3068\u3053\u308d\u3067\u201d (tokorode).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Note: It’s used with the past informal form of verbs. The past tense here serves as a counterfactual marker, not to indicate past time. It implies that the action or state in the clause has not occurred yet but is being supposed as if it has. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Note also that the second half of the sentence it’s used in is almost always negative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Here\u2019s a few examples of \u301c\u305f\u3068\u3053\u308d\u3067 in action:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    • \u3053\u306e\u30d7\u30ec\u30bc\u30f3\u3092\u6e96\u5099\u3057\u305f\u3068\u3053\u308d\u3067\u3001\u30af\u30e9\u30a4\u30a2\u30f3\u30c8\u304c\u7d0d\u5f97\u3059\u308b\u3068\u306f\u9650\u3089\u306a\u3044\u3002<\/strong>(kono purezen o junbi shita tokoro de, kuraianto ga nokku suru to wa kagiranai). Even if we prepare this presentation, it doesn’t guarantee that the client will be satisfied.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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      • \u3069\u3093\u306a\u306b\u901f\u304f\u8d70\u3063\u305f\u3068\u3053\u308d\u3067\u3001\u5f7c\u306b\u306f\u8ffd\u3044\u3064\u3051\u306a\u3044\u3002<\/strong>(donan ni soku ni hashitta tokoro de, karino ni oitsukenai). No matter how fast you run, you won’t be able to catch up with him.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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        • \u5f7c\u306b\u8b1d\u3063\u305f\u3068\u3053\u308d\u3067\u3001\u3082\u3046\u95a2\u4fc2\u306f\u4fee\u5fa9\u3067\u304d\u306a\u3044\u3060\u308d\u3046\u3002<\/strong>(karino shitsute tokoro de, m\u014d kankei wa sh\u016bfuku dekinaidarou). Even if you apologize to him, the relationship probably can’t be repaired anymore.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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          • \u3053\u306e\u8a66\u9a13\u306b\u5408\u683c\u3057\u305f\u3068\u3053\u308d\u3067\u3001\u5e0c\u671b\u306e\u4f1a\u793e\u306b\u5165\u308c\u308b\u3068\u306f\u9650\u3089\u306a\u3044\u3002<\/strong>(kono shiken ni g\u014dkaku shita tokoro de, kib\u014d no kaisha ni haiteru to wa kagiranai). Even if you pass this exam, it doesn’t mean you’ll get into the company you want.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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            • \u3069\u3093\u306a\u306b\u304a\u91d1\u3092\u8caf\u3081\u305f\u3068\u3053\u308d\u3067\u3001\u5f7c\u306e\u6d6a\u8cbb\u7656\u306f\u6cbb\u3089\u306a\u3044\u3060\u308d\u3046\u3002<\/strong>(donan ni okane o tatmeta tokoro de, karino r\u014dhi kei wa osoranai darou). No matter how much money you save, his habit of wasting money won’t change.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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              • \u6bce\u65e5\u52c9\u5f37\u3057\u305f\u3068\u3053\u308d\u3067\u3001\u8208\u5473\u304c\u306a\u3051\u308c\u3070\u4e0a\u9054\u3057\u306a\u3044\u3002<\/strong>(mainichi benky\u014d shita tokoro de, ky\u014dmi ga nakereba uech\u016b shinai). Even if you study every day, if you\u2019re not interested, you won\u2019t improve.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                Any questions?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                In Japanese grammar, \u201c\u301c\u305f\u3068\u3053\u308d\u3067\u201d (ta tokorode) is a phrase that means \u201ceven if an action or a state were realized\u201d or often (to put it even more simply) just \u201ceven if\u201d. It suggests that even if the action were to occur, the result would not change. Here\u2019s how to use \u201c\u301c\u305f\u3068\u3053\u308d\u3067\u201d in a sentence: Note: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[33],"tags":[15],"class_list":["post-1213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grammar","tag-intermediate"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joyokanjikai.com\/learning-japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joyokanjikai.com\/learning-japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joyokanjikai.com\/learning-japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joyokanjikai.com\/learning-japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joyokanjikai.com\/learning-japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1213"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.joyokanjikai.com\/learning-japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1251,"href":"https:\/\/www.joyokanjikai.com\/learning-japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1213\/revisions\/1251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joyokanjikai.com\/learning-japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joyokanjikai.com\/learning-japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joyokanjikai.com\/learning-japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}