Every JLPT N1 grammar point in one list: all 72 patterns with their English meaning, and a full explanation page for 5 of them, covering what the pattern does, how it attaches, and the free Japanese texts that use it in real sentences.
文法JLPT N1 Grammar
All 72 N1 grammar points
- 〜べからずmust not (on signs)1 text
- 〜べくin order to (formal)
- 〜だけましat least it’s better than
- 〜であれwhether it be / no matter
- 〜ではあるまいしit’s not as if1 text
- 〜が早いかas soon as2 texts
- 〜が最後once you do, that's itCard5
- 〜がてらwhile also doing
- 〜ごときlike / as if (literary)Card9
- 〜いかんdepending on
- 〜かいもなくto no avail
- 〜かたがたand also (formal, two purposes)1 text
- 〜かたわらwhile also (alongside a main job)1 text
- 〜きらいがあるhas a bad tendency to
- 〜極まるextremely (negative)
- 〜ことなしにwithout ever doing (formal)4 texts
- 〜まじきunbecoming of / must not
- 〜まみれcovered in
- 〜めくshowing signs of
- 〜ものをif only … but (regret)1 text
- 〜ながらもeven while / although (formal)
- 〜ながらにwhile remaining (as it is)
- 〜ないではすまないcan’t get away without doing
- 〜ないまでもeven if not … at least
- 〜なくしてはwithout … it is impossible
- 〜ならではunique to / only from1 text
- 〜なりno sooner than (literary)3 texts
- 〜なしにwithout
- 〜にひきかえin contrast to
- 〜にかこつけてusing as an excuse
- 〜にかたくないeasy to imagine
- 〜にもましてeven more than
- 〜にそくしてin line with
- 〜に相違ないmust be (formal)4 texts
- 〜にたえないunbearable to / cannot help feeling
- 〜に足るworthy of
- 〜に(は)あたらないno need to
- 〜ぬclassical negative (= ない)Card9
- 〜っぱなしleave it doing / keep on1 text
- 〜しまつだends up (badly)2 texts
- 〜(で)すらeven (emphatic, literary)2 texts
- 〜たところでeven if (futile)Card12
- ただ〜のみonly / merely (literary)
- 〜たりともnot even one1 text
- 〜たるin the capacity of (literary)Card11
- 〜てからというものever since4 texts
- 〜てもさしつかえないit is fine to
- 〜てやまないnever cease to3 texts
- 〜と相まってcoupled with
- 〜とあればif it is for
- 〜とあってbecause (given the situation)2 texts
- 〜といえどもeven though / even1 text
- 〜と思いきやcontrary to expectation
- 〜としたところでeven if / even for
- 〜とはいえeven so / although2 texts
- 〜ところをalthough it is (a busy time)
- 〜ともなるとwhen it comes to being
- 〜はおろかlet alone
- 〜割りに(は)considering / for
- 〜をふまえてbased on
- 〜を経てafter going through
- 〜を限りにas of (and no longer)
- 〜を皮切りにstarting with
- 〜を禁じ得ないcan’t help feeling
- 〜をもってby means of / as of3 texts
- 〜をおしてin spite of (a difficulty)
- 〜を余儀なくされるbe forced to
- 〜をよそにignoring / despite
- 〜や否や(いなや)the instant that (literary)
- 〜ようがno matter how / whether
- 〜ゆえbecause of (formal)
- 〜ずくめentirely / full of2 texts
解説Background
About JLPT N1 grammar
JLPT N1 grammar is the literary and idiomatic layer of Japanese: hard-formal patterns, classical remnants, and expressions you meet in essays, fiction, and editorials rather than daily speech. This list covers all 72 N1 points in Yomimaru's taxonomy.
N1 points resist flashcards because each one appears rarely. What they need is volume of real text. 5 of the 72 points have a full explanation page here: the pattern, the traps, and the free Japanese texts in this library that use it.
質問Questions
JLPT N1 grammar: questions & answers
How many JLPT N1 grammar points are there?
There are 72 JLPT N1 grammar points in this list, the complete N1 set Yomimaru's library is tagged with. 5 of them have a full explanation page, which a point earns once 5 or more texts in the library use it.
What is the best way to learn N1 grammar?
Study a point, then read it. Reading is what turns a rule you can recite into one you recognise mid-sentence, and it shows you which patterns actually turn up in writing rather than only in drills. Each explained point on this page ends with free graded Japanese texts that use it, with furigana and an English breakdown of every sentence.
Are these N1 grammar pages free?
Yes, all of it: the lists, the explanations, and the texts they link to. You do not need a subscription or a login to read any of it. A free Yomimaru account adds saved progress and the built-in dictionary.
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