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Nisatsu Journal
Reading: Furigana.Theme: System.
JLPT study path
Follow longer thoughts, implied meaning, and the choices that shape nuance.
Use そっと when an action is quiet, gentle, unobtrusive, or deliberately leaves someone or something undisturbed.
Use そっくり for a striking resemblance, for reproducing something almost exactly, or for taking an entire set without leaving anything out.
Use ずっと for a state spanning time, a large difference, or movement continued along a route, and keep it distinct from motionless じっと.
Use じっと when movement, attention, or reaction is held in place, and distinguish it from duration-focused ずっと and thorough じっくり.
Learn when しまった is an immediate “oh no,” how ～てしまった reports a completed or regrettable result, and why ちゃった and じゃった are common in everyday speech.
Use しきりに when an action, event, feeling, or stance repeats or persists noticeably within a scene, as in しきりに確認する, 電話がしきりに鳴る, and しきりに勧める.
Use ざっと for a quick pass that skips detail or for a rough total, as in ざっと読む, ざっと見る, ざっと数える, and ざっと五千円.
Use さっぱり for a refreshed feeling, a clean or light quality, something completely gone, and the everyday negative pattern さっぱりわからない.
Use こんなに before an adjective, adverb, or action to point to a degree you are experiencing now, and choose そんなに or あんなに when the reference belongs elsewhere.
Use これら to gather several nearby or just-mentioned things into one explicit group, while choosing これ or この + noun when everyday context already makes the group clear.
Use ぐっすり with 寝る or 眠る to describe deep, sound sleep, then add the time, interruption, or result that matters in the conversation.
Use きつい naturally by identifying what feels beyond a comfortable limit: physical fit, effort, sensory intensity, or the force of someone’s words.
Use きちんと for visible order, accurate or complete action, and responsible conduct by letting the noun, verb, and situation identify the standard that matters.
Use がっかり naturally when an expectation falls through, connect it to the reason, respond with everyday empathy, and distinguish your disappointment from directly criticizing someone.
Use かもしれない and かもしれません for genuine possibility, form them naturally after verbs, adjectives, and nouns, and choose conversational かも, でしょう, と思う, or たぶん for the job each one actually does.
Use おしゃべり for enjoyable social chat, describe a talkative person without making an unintended insult, and choose 話す, 会話, 雑談, or 口が軽い when their narrower meanings matter.
Learn why おまえ can sound close, patronizing, or confrontational, how gender associations differ from hard rules, and what to say when the relationship does not support it.
Learn how おや marks mild surprise or puzzlement, how its intonation changes the feeling, and when everyday Japanese instead favors えっ, あれ, まあ, or おっと.
いらっしゃい welcomes someone who has arrived. Hear いらっしゃいませ in customer service, いらっしゃい in familiar settings, and respond to the situation rather than echoing the greeting.
いけない marks something as not okay; the form before it tells you whether the sentence is a judgment, prohibition, or obligation.