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Learning the Japanese Adverbs displayed below is vital to the language. Japanese adverbs are part of speech. Generally they're words that modify any part of language other than a noun. Adverbs can modify verbs, adjectives (including numbers), clauses, sentences and other adverbs. Here are some examples:
| English Adverbs | Japanese Adverbs |
|---|---|
| adverbs | fukushi - 副詞 |
| I read a book sometimes | watashi wa tokidoki hon wo yomi masu - 私は時々本を読みます |
| I will never smoke | watashi wa kesshite tabako wo suwa nai deshou - 私は決してたばこを吸わないでしょう |
| are you alone? | hitori desu ka ? - 一人ですか？ |
Notice the structure of the Adverbs in Japanese.
Below is a list of the Adverbs of time place manner and frequency in Japanese placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Japanese vocabulary.
| English Adverbs | Japanese Adverbs |
|---|---|
| adverbs of time | jikan no fukushi - 時間の副詞 |
| yesterday | kinou - 昨日 |
| today | kyou - 今日 |
| tomorrow | ashita - 明日 |
| now | ima - 今 |
| then | sonotoki - そのとき |
| later | atode - 後で |
| tonight | kon ya - 今夜 |
| right now | tada ima - ただ今 |
| last night | sakuya - 昨夜 |
| this morning | kesa - 今朝 |
| next week | raishuu - 来週 |
| already | sudeni - すでに |
| recently | saikin - 最近 |
| lately | saikin - 最近 |
| soon | sugu ni - すぐに |
| immediately | ima sugu ni - 今すぐに |
| still | mada - まだ |
| yet | mada - まだ |
| ago | mae - 前 |
| adverbs of place | basho no fukushi - 場所の副詞 |
| here | koko - ここ |
| there | soko - そこ |
| over there | asoko - あそこ |
| everywhere | doko demo - どこでも |
| anywhere | doko ka - どこか |
| nowhere | doko ni mo … nai - どこにも～ない |
| home | uchi - 家 |
| away | hanare te - 離れて |
| out | soto de - 外で |
| adverbs of manner | houhou no fukushi - 方法の副詞 |
| very | totemo - とても |
| quite | kanari - かなり |
| pretty | soutou ni - 相当に |
| really | hontou ni - 本当に |
| fast | hayaku - 速く |
| well | yoku - よく |
| hard | hageshiku - 激しく |
| quickly | subayaku - 素早く |
| slowly | yukkuri - ゆっくり |
| carefully | chuui bukaku - 注意深く |
| hardly | hotondo … nai - ほとんど～ない |
| barely | wazuka ni - わずかに |
| mostly | ookata wa - 大方は |
| almost | hotondo - ほとんど |
| absolutely | zettai ni - 絶対に |
| together | issho ni - 一緒に |
| alone | hitori de - 独りで |
| adverbs of frequency | kaisuu no fukushi - 回数の副詞 |
| always | itsumo - いつも |
| frequently | shibashiba - しばしば |
| usually | tsuujou - 通常 |
| sometimes | tokidoki - 時々 |
| occasionally | tama ni - たまに |
| seldom | metta ni - めったに |
| rarely | mare ni - まれに |
| never | kesshi te - 決して |
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