Particles
Every Japanese particle a JLPT candidate needs, with each distinct function separated out and contrasted.
- へ — Directional Marker — N5
- は — Topic Marker — N5
- が — Subject Marker — N5
- を — Direct Object Marker — N5
- に — Destination or Target Marker — N5
- で — Location of Action Marker — N5
- と — Comitative (With) Marker — N5
- から — Starting Point Marker — N5
- まで — Limit or Endpoint Marker — N5
- より — Comparative Marker — N4
- の — Possessive and Modifying Marker — N5
- も — Inclusive 'Also' Marker — N5
- や — Non-exhaustive Listing Particle — N4
- か — Question Marker — N5
- ね — Confirmation/Agreement — N5
- よ — Assertion — N5
- し — Listing multiple reasons — N4
- ば — Conditional 'if' — N4
- のに — Despite / Even though — N3
- ので — Objective reason 'because' — N4
- けど — Conversational 'but' — N4
- だけ — Exclusive limit 'only' — N4
- しか — Exclusive limit with negation 'only' — N4
- でも — Illustrative example 'or even' / 'however' — N4
- こそ — Emphatic highlighter 'precisely' — N2
- さえ — Extreme inclusive 'even' — N2
- ずつ — Distributive equal portions 'each' — N3
- など — Non-exhaustive listing 'such as' — N4
- ばかり — Approximate amount or exclusive focus — N3
- くらい — Approximation and minimum standard 'about' — N4
- ほど — Extent, comparison, or proportion 'to the extent that' — N3