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文法ぶんぽうJLPT N1 Grammar

JLPT N1 Grammar List: All 72 Points

There are 72 JLPT N1 grammar points in this list. 5 of them have a full explanation page with free Japanese texts that use the pattern.

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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.

文法ぶんぽうJLPT N1 Grammar

All 72 N1 grammar points

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  1. 〜べからずmust not (on signs)1 text
  2. 〜べくin order to (formal)
  3. 〜だけましat least it’s better than
  4. 〜であれwhether it be / no matter
  5. 〜ではあるまいしit’s not as if1 text
  6. 〜が早いかas soon as2 texts
  7. 〜が最後once you do, that's itCard5
  8. 〜がてらwhile also doing
  9. 〜ごときlike / as if (literary)Card9
  10. 〜いかんdepending on
  11. 〜かいもなくto no avail
  12. 〜かたがたand also (formal, two purposes)1 text
  13. 〜かたわらwhile also (alongside a main job)1 text
  14. 〜きらいがあるhas a bad tendency to
  15. 〜極まるextremely (negative)
  16. 〜ことなしにwithout ever doing (formal)4 texts
  17. 〜まじきunbecoming of / must not
  18. 〜まみれcovered in
  19. 〜めくshowing signs of
  20. 〜ものをif only … but (regret)1 text
  21. 〜ながらもeven while / although (formal)
  22. 〜ながらにwhile remaining (as it is)
  23. 〜ないではすまないcan’t get away without doing
  24. 〜ないまでもeven if not … at least
  25. 〜なくしてはwithout … it is impossible
  26. 〜ならではunique to / only from1 text
  27. 〜なりno sooner than (literary)3 texts
  28. 〜なしにwithout
  29. 〜にひきかえin contrast to
  30. 〜にかこつけてusing as an excuse
  31. 〜にかたくないeasy to imagine
  32. 〜にもましてeven more than
  33. 〜にそくしてin line with
  34. 〜に相違ないmust be (formal)4 texts
  35. 〜にたえないunbearable to / cannot help feeling
  36. 〜に足るworthy of
  37. 〜に(は)あたらないno need to
  38. 〜ぬclassical negative (= ない)Card9
  39. 〜っぱなしleave it doing / keep on1 text
  40. 〜しまつだends up (badly)2 texts
  41. 〜(で)すらeven (emphatic, literary)2 texts
  42. 〜たところでeven if (futile)Card12
  43. ただ〜のみonly / merely (literary)
  44. 〜たりともnot even one1 text
  45. 〜たるin the capacity of (literary)Card11
  46. 〜てからというものever since4 texts
  47. 〜てもさしつかえないit is fine to
  48. 〜てやまないnever cease to3 texts
  49. 〜と相まってcoupled with
  50. 〜とあればif it is for
  51. 〜とあってbecause (given the situation)2 texts
  52. 〜といえどもeven though / even1 text
  53. 〜と思いきやcontrary to expectation
  54. 〜としたところでeven if / even for
  55. 〜とはいえeven so / although2 texts
  56. 〜ところをalthough it is (a busy time)
  57. 〜ともなるとwhen it comes to being
  58. 〜はおろかlet alone
  59. 〜割りに(は)considering / for
  60. 〜をふまえてbased on
  61. 〜を経てafter going through
  62. 〜を限りにas of (and no longer)
  63. 〜を皮切りにstarting with
  64. 〜を禁じ得ないcan’t help feeling
  65. 〜をもってby means of / as of3 texts
  66. 〜をおしてin spite of (a difficulty)
  67. 〜を余儀なくされるbe forced to
  68. 〜をよそにignoring / despite
  69. 〜や否や(いなや)the instant that (literary)
  70. 〜ようがno matter how / whether
  71. 〜ゆえbecause of (formal)
  72. 〜ずくめentirely / full of2 texts

解説かいせつ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.

質問しつもん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.

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