気味 (gimi)

JLPT N3 Grammar List

 -like, -looking .

 

 Formations 

Noun + 気味
Verb-stem + 気味

 Examples  

今朝はちょっと風邪気味だ
Kesa wa chotto kaze-gimida.
I have a slight feeling of a cold this morning.

彼は少し太り気味だ
Kare wa sukoshi futorigimida.
He is on the fat side.

私はちょっと疲れ気味だ
Watashi wa chotto tsukare-gimida.
I’m a little tired.

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がたい (gatai)

JLPT N3 Grammar List

hard to, difficult to .

 Formations 

Verb-masu stem + がたい

 Examples  

その計画は成功したとは言いがたい
Sono keikaku wa seikō shita to wa ii gatai.
It’s hard to say that the plan was a success.

彼の話は信じがたい内容でした
Kare no hanashi wa shinji gatai naiyōdeshita.
His story was unbelievable.

人が人の命をうばうなんて、許しがたい
Hito ga hito no inochi o ubau nante, yurushi gatai.
It is hard to accept that people steal others’ lives.

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がち (gachi)

JLPT N3 Grammar List

 apt to do, tend to do .

 Formations 

Verb-stem + がちだ
Noun + がちだ

 Examples  

私たちは時間を浪費しがちです
Watashitachiha jikan o rōhi shi-gachidesu.
We are apt to waste time.


私は子供の頃、病気がちでした
Watashi wa kodomo no koro, byōki-gachideshita.
I tended to get sick when I was a child.

君はものを忘れがちです。
Kimi wa mono o wasure-gachidesu.
You are apt to be forgetful.

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ふりをする (furi o suru)

JLPT N3 Grammar List

 to pretend; to act as if 

 Formations 

Verb-casual + ふりをする
Noun + のふりをする
いadj + ふりをする
なadj + なふりをする

 Examples  

私は知らないふりをしました。
Watashi wa shiranai furi o shimashita.
I pretended not to know.

彼女はその答えがわからないふりをしました。
Kanojo wa sono kotae ga wakaranai furi o shimashita.
She pretended not to know the answer.

彼は医者のふりをしました。
Kare wa isha no furi o shimashita.
He pretended that he was a doctor.

ルークは日本人のふりをしました。
Rūku wa nihonjin no furi o shimashita.
Luke pretended to be a Japanese.

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JLPT N2 Kanji Practice Test #53

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 Quiz Information

Name: JLPT N2 Kanji #53

Topic: [JLPT N2 Kanji Practice Test].

How to do: Choose the correct kanji of underlined hiragana or correct reading of underlined kanji.

Number of questions: 20

Time: Unlimited

Difficulty level

Pass 70%

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JLPT N2 Kanji Practice Test #52

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 Quiz Information

Name: JLPT N2 Kanji #52

Topic: [JLPT N2 Kanji Practice Test].

How to do: Choose the correct kanji of underlined hiragana or correct reading of underlined kanji.

Number of questions: 20

Time: Unlimited

Difficulty level

Pass 70%

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