The bridge level: everyday vocabulary plus the abstract terms that start appearing in real texts. Every pattern below links to example sentences and the questions that test it.
41 patterns · with meanings & examples
Practice N3 grammar →| Pattern | Meaning | Qs | |
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| 〜うちに | The window of time is 'while I am in Japan', so いる fills the first slot to form いるうちに. | 8 | Examples → |
| 〜おかげで | おかげで credits the friend's help for the welcome result — the work finished early thanks … | 3 | Examples → |
| 〜かもしれない | What he may not have done yet is read the email, so the object メールを fills the first slot. | 8 | Examples → |
| 〜からこそ | Precisely because of the failure, the speaker will use that experience next time. | 1 | Examples → |
| 〜ことができる | おかげで試験に合格することができました — "thanks to you, I was able to pass." | 1 | Examples → |
| 〜ことにする | この仕事を引き受けることにしました — "I decided to take on this job." V-dict + ことにする = decide to. | 9 | Examples → |
| 〜ことになっている | The weekly rule is submitting a report, so 報告書を出す fills the second slot between 毎週 and … | 8 | Examples → |
| 〜せいで | Work stopping because of the breakdown is a negative result, so the blaming cause marke… | 3 | Examples → |
| 〜そうだ（伝聞） | Hearsay そうだ reports information from a source — here, the weather forecast says it will… | 3 | Examples → |
| 〜そうだ（様態） | Masu-stem + そうだ predicts an imminent event from direct observation — the dark sky looks… | 3 | Examples → |
| 〜だけ | だけ limits the required steps to just mixing the ingredients and baking, which is exactl… | 3 | Examples → |
| 〜たびに | Each time the speaker sees the photo, the same memory returns. | 9 | Examples → |
| 〜ために | The goal is 'to maintain health', so 保つ goes first and attaches to ために to form 保つために. | 5 | Examples → |
| 〜ために（目的） | ために marks purpose: the daily studying is done in order to obtain the qualification. | 3 | Examples → |
| 〜ておいたほうがいい | The natural order is “It is better to reserve a hotel early before traveling”; the ★ sl… | 1 | Examples → |
| 〜ておく | ておく marks doing something in preparation — the hotel is booked ahead of the trip. | 8 | Examples → |
| 〜てください | お待ちください is the honorific request お＋stem＋ください: "I'll call the person in charge, so pleas… | 3 | Examples → |
| 〜てくる（変化） | 〜てくる marks a change that began in the past and continues now — "has been increasing." | 1 | Examples → |
| 〜てしまう | てしまった conveys regret — the precious photos were deleted, unfortunately and irreversibly. | 8 | Examples → |
| 〜てみる | てみた expresses trying something new — the speaker tried the dish a friend had recommended. | 3 | Examples → |
| 〜ても | ても turns 忙しく into a concession — "even if you're busy, you should still make time to eat." | 8 | Examples → |
| 〜ところだった | The speaker almost accidentally deleted an important email. | 1 | Examples → |
| 〜としたら | The condition is 'if it snows', so the verb 降る must fill the first slot to form 降るとしたら. | 8 | Examples → |
| 〜として | The starred fragment is として, which attaches to 医者 to say he works "as a doctor" — 彼は医者と… | 8 | Examples → |
| 〜と申します | Name + と申します is the humble fixed formula for introducing yourself — exactly what a bank… | 3 | Examples → |
| 〜ないうちに | Do it while the condition still holds: write it down before you forget. | 1 | Examples → |
| 〜ながら | 彼は大学に通いながら、学費を稼いでいる — "while attending university, he earns his tuition." | 9 | Examples → |
| 〜に違いない | 〜に違いない = "must be ~ / I'm certain ~" — a confident inference. | 2 | Examples → |
| 〜のに | Although the medicine was taken, the expected drop in fever did not happen. | 9 | Examples → |
| 〜ば〜ほど | V-ば + V-dict + ほど = "the more you ~, the more ~." | 4 | Examples → |
| 〜はずだ | The expectation is about the banks, so the topic 銀行は fills the first slot before 休みのはずだ. | 8 | Examples → |
| 〜まま | まま after 開けた keeps the resulting state — the window stayed open while she went out. | 3 | Examples → |
| 〜ように | 病気が悪化しないように、早めに病院へ行きましょう — "let's go early so it doesn't get worse." | 6 | Examples → |
| 〜ように（目的） | Speak louder so that the people in back can hear. | 4 | Examples → |
| 〜ようにしています | 〜ようにしています describes something the speaker consciously tries to do as a regular habit. | 1 | Examples → |
| 〜ようになる | ようになる marks a change in ability — after practicing, the speaker became able to read qui… | 8 | Examples → |
| 〜らしい | 来たらしい directly modifies the noun 暖かさ: a warmth that suggests spring has come to this town. | 8 | Examples → |
| 〜わけではない | 〜わけではない = "it's not (necessarily) that ~" — soft negation. | 11 | Examples → |
| どうしても | どうしても with 〜たくなった expresses an irresistible craving — last night the speaker just could… | 3 | Examples → |
| 受身（〜られる） | A festival is an event that gets held, so the passive 行われます correctly makes 夏祭り the thi… | 3 | Examples → |
| 受身（受動態） | 建てられました = "was built" — the standard passive of 建てる. | 1 | Examples → |