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  • #41534

    looki
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    Hi,

    I’m searching for Anki decks that include general purpose words and expressions that do not represent a physical object or action like “why”, “for example”, “while” – things like that. I just can’t find anything and I really can’t be bothered to create these decks myself. Would be great if anybody could help me out!

    #41538

    Joel
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    Fun fact: Japanese has no prepositions. =) The words that we call prepositions in English are replaced by particles in Japanese, and particles are all postpositions.

    As for the actual question, I have no idea. Sorry.

    #41544

    looki
    Member

    Haha! I guess you’re right – I never thought about that. Anyway, I just meant words in “the style of” prepositions. Thanks though.

    #41551

    Astralfox
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    I’ve been collecting a list that might help. I just use it for reference, but if you paste the following into a spreadsheet it’ll be easy to make a deck out of.

    それも and in addition to that
    それで and; thereupon; because of that
    それに besides; moreover
    それと and then; even so; and
    それより apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more … than that; but; however
    それまで until then; till then; up to that time; to that extent
    それとも or; or else
    それほど to that degree; extent
    それだけ that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that; that is all (when finished speaking)
    それから and then; after that
    それでは well then …
    それでも but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
    それなら If that’s the case …; If so …; That being the case …
    それじゃ well then …;
    それはそれで in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that’s the case
    それどころか on the contrary
    それはそうと by the way; incidentally
    それにしても nevertheless; at any rate; even so
    それはさておき apart from that; to return to the topic; enough of that
    そのかわり instead; but (on the other hand)
    そうする to do so; to do thus
    そうして and; like that
    そうすれば if so; in that case; in that situation
    そうなると if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
    そういうことか I got it; I see; I now know; So that’s the reason
    そういえば which reminds me …; come to think of it …; now that you mention it …; on that subject …; so, if you say …
    どうかな I wonder; I don’t know; how about …?;
    どうして why?; for what reason; how; in what way; for what purpose; what for
    どうでもいい inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever you do is OK; trivial
    どうであろうと whatever (the case may be)
    どうしたらいい what’s the best thing to do?
    どうやら it seems like; it appears that; somehow or other
    これで here; with this
    これより from (this, here, etc.); since (this)
    どうやって how; in what way; by what means
    かといって having said that; on the other hand
    ところが even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless; on the contrary; as a matter of fact; despite
    しかも moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
    ほかに in addition; besides
    なにしろ at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case
    しかたがない it can’t be helped; it’s inevitable; it’s no use; can’t stand it; being impatient; being annoyed
    しょうがないなぁ if you insist (on it)
    けっきょくのところ in the end; at the end of the day
    けっきょく after all; eventually; in the end

    #41557

    blackmoonANK
    Member

    wow!
    I am only a beginner, but this will sure help me in the future. Thanks you! :D

    #41560

    Nice work, Astralfox. I’m forever having trouble with stuff like that. However, some of them are a little hard to grasp just from the English translation – you should maybe try finding example sentences to go along with them, to give a better feel for how they work. I had no idea how それとも would be used till I looked it up on jisho.org’s sentences section just now. Did you just find these while reading through a dictionary or was it while you were reading/watching “proper” material, because if you could get the original sentences for context that would probably work quite well.

    #41564

    Astralfox
    Member

    ^ Yeah they need to be seen in context. About half of those were collected while reading, the other half from a dictionary when I was bored (cutting out the ones that didn’t seem to be in use).

    They were just down for reference, so it’s Good ol’ Space ALC for context.

    #41613

    looki
    Member

    Wow, great, thanks a lot, Astralfox :)

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