JLPT N3 Grammar List: All 72 Points

Every JLPT N3 grammar point in one list: all 72 patterns with their English meaning, and a full explanation page for 11 of them, covering what the pattern does, how it attaches, and the free Japanese texts that use it in real sentences.

1. AのではなくB（のです）not A but B
2. 〜ば〜ほどthe more … the more
3. 〜ばかりnothing but / onlyCard5→
4. どうしてもno matter what
5. どうやらapparently / it seems
6. ふりpretend to
7. 〜がちtends to / prone toCard10→
8. 〜げlooking / seeming4 texts
9. 〜ぐらいabout / to the extent of
10. 〜始めるbegin to do2 texts
11. ほどto the extent that
12. いったい（一体）what on earth
13. 〜かと思うとjust when / no sooner thanCard9→
14. 〜かえってon the contrary1 text
15. 限るbe limited to / nothing beats
16. 〜代わりinstead of / in return
17. きりonly / ever since
18. こそprecisely / this very
19. 〜ことになるit has been decided that1 text
20. まいsurely not / won’t (negative volitional)3 texts
21. ままas it is / unchanged1 text
22. まさかno way / surely not
23. 〜ものだshould / used to / general truthCard9→
24. むしろrather / if anything
25. N+を始めstarting with / including
26. 〜ないうちにbefore it changes
27. なかなかquite / considerably
28. 〜に違いないmust be / no doubtCard6→
29. 〜に関するconcerning / related to
30. 〜になれるget used to
31. 〜にすぎないmerely / nothing more than2 texts
32. 〜には〜の〜があるin A there is B
33. 〜によるとaccording to
34. 〜によってby / depending on1 text
35. 〜のではないかisn't it? / I wonder if2 texts
36. おいて（於いて）in / at (formal)
37. おかげでthanks to
38. 〜っぽい-ish / tends to be
39. 〜らしいseems / typical of4 texts
40. さえeven1 text
41. 〜さえ〜ばif only / as long as2 texts
42. さらに（更に）furthermore / even more
43. せいぜいat most / at best
44. すでに（既に）already
45. 〜たばかりjust didCard5→
46. 〜たものだused to (nostalgia)3 texts
47. 〜たとたんthe moment / as soon as2 texts
48. 〜たび〜every time3 texts
49. 〜ためにin order to / because ofCard13→
50. 〜たてfreshly done2 texts
51. 〜たってeven if (casual ても)3 texts
52. 〜て初めてonly after doing
53. 〜てならないcan't help feelingCard6→
54. 〜てしかたがないcan't help but / extremely2 texts
55. 〜てたまらないunbearably / can't stand itCard5→
56. 〜てはif / whenever (repeated)3 texts
57. 〜というのはthe thing called / this is because3 texts
58. 〜としたらsupposing / if2 texts
59. 〜としてas (a role)
60. 〜とともに〜together with / as2 texts
61. 〜とても〜ないcan’t possibly
62. ついunintentionally / just now
63. つもりでwith the intention of
64. 〜うちにwhile / before it changes4 texts
65. 〜Vるためにin order to
66. 〜は〜で有名is famous for
67. 〜は〜くらいですis only about (that much)
68. わざわざgoing out of one’s way
69. ようにso that / in order toCard20→
70. 〜ようになるcome to / reach the point of1 text
71. ようにするmake sure to
72. 〜ずwithout / not (literary)Card11→