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110 JLPT N2 Grammar Points – Mimikara Series
| No. | N2 Grammar | Meaning |
| 1 | ～ことだ | You should… / It’s best to… |
| 2 | ～ことだから | Knowing that (person) is…, / Since it’s (person) we’re talking about… / Because… therefore… |
| 3 | ～ことに | How (surprising/sad, etc.)… / What a… thing is that… |
| 4 | ～ことなく | Without doing V1, continuing to do V2 |
| 5 | ～ものの | Although… / Even though…, but… |
| 6 | ものだ／ものではない | ① ものだ: It is the nature of… / It is only natural that… (a truth, inherent nature, or general opinion). ものではない: You shouldn’t… (gentle advice or mild prohibition).
② Reminiscing about things that often happened in the past (“used to…”). ③ How… / Oh, how… (exclamation) |
| 7 | ものか／だろうか | Wouldn’t that be acceptable? / Is there any way to… I wonder? |
| 8 | ばかりか | Not only… but also… (= ばかりでなく) |
| 9 | ばかりだ | More and more… / Keeps getting… (= 一方だ) |
| 10 | ～上（に） | Moreover… / On top of that… / Not only… but also… |
| 11 | ～以上（は）、上は | Now that… / Since…, then… (= からには) |
| 12 | ～上で | ① After (having)…
② When… / In the process of… |
| 13 | ～まで | To the extent of… / Even… |
| 14 | ～でも | Even if one has to…, still… |
| 15 | ながら（も） | Although… / Though…, but… |
| 16 | ～さえ…ば／たら | If only… / All you need is… |
| 17 | N1をN2として | Regarding N1 as N2 / Taking N1 as N2 |
| 18 | ～に応じて | In accordance with… / Corresponding to… |
| 19 | ～に沿って | Following… / Along… / In line with… |
| 20 | ～をめぐって | Centering on… / Surrounding… / Concerning… |
| 24 | ～に相違ない | Surely… / Without a doubt… / Must be… (= に違いない) |
| 25 | ～得る／得ない | Can… / Cannot… (やむを得ない: Unavoidable / Having no other choice) |
| 26 | ～がたい | Hard to… / Difficult to… |
| 27 | ～一方（で） | On the one hand… on the other hand… / Both… and… |
| 28 | ～につき | ① Because of… / Due to…
② Per… / Each… |
| 29 | ～やら…やら | What with… and… / …and… and so on |
| 30 | ～のやら／ものやら | I wonder whether it’s A or B |
| 31 | ～だの…だの | …and… and the like / This and that |
| 32 | ～にこたえて | In response to… / To meet (expectations, demand) |
| 33 | ～にしては | For a… / Considering that… (and yet…) (= わりには) |
| 34 | ～のもとで／に | Under… (guidance, direction, supervision) |
| 35 | ～はともかく | Setting aside… / Never mind… for now |
| 36 | ～も…ば～も | There are N1 and also N2 / Both N1 and N2 exist |
| 37 | ～っぱなし | Leaving… as it is / Continuing to… all along |
| 38 | ～っこない | No way… / Absolutely cannot… / There’s no chance that… |
| 39 | ～きり | ① Ever since… / After… (and nothing since)
② Only… / Just… ③ Doing nothing but V |
| 40 | ～げ | Seems… / Looks as if… (= そうだ) |
| 41 | ～なんて／とは | How… / What a… (surprise or emotion) |
| 42 | ～にすぎない | Merely… / Nothing more than… |
| 43 | ～あげく | After a long period of V… / In the end… |
| 44 | ～べき | ① Should… / Ought to… / Need to…
② Something that everyone thinks is right |
| 45 | ～というより | Rather than saying A, B is more accurate |
| 46 | ～にかかわらず | Regardless of… / Irrespective of… |
| 47 | ～にもかかわらず | In spite of… / Despite… |
| 48 | ～あまり（に） | Because of too much… / So… that… |
| 49 | ～にあたって／にあたり | On the occasion of… / At the time of… / Taking the opportunity of… |
| 50 | ～に際して（は）／に際し | On the occasion of… / When… |
| 51 | ～末に | After… / At the end of a long period of… |
| 52 | ～を契機に | Prompted by… / Taking the opportunity of… (= をきっかけに) |
| 53 | ～を問わず | Regardless of… / No matter… |
| 54 | ～かのようだ | As if… / As though… |
| 55 | ～からいうと／いえば／いって
～からすると／すれば／して ～から見ると／見れば／見て |
From the standpoint of… / In terms of… / Judging from… |
| 56 | ～もかまわず | Without caring about… / Regardless of… |
| 57 | ～ぬく／ぬきます | Do to the very end / See through to the end |
| 58 | ～ばかりに | Just because… / Only because… (leading to a bad result) |
| 59 | ～ところを | Just when… / While in the situation of… |
| 60 | ～たところで | Even if… / No matter how much… (= ても) |
| 61 | ～ことから | Because of… / From the fact that… |
| 62 | ～ことにする | Treat as… / Regard as… / Deal with as… |
| 63 | ～ことか／ことだろう | How very… / So very much… |
| 64 | ～ないことには | Unless A, B is not possible |
| 65 | ～というものだ | That is truly… (というものではない: It isn’t necessarily the case that…) |
| 66 | ～ものなら | If one could… then… |
| 67 | ～どころか | Far from… / Let alone… / Not A at all, rather B |
| 68 | ～どころではない | This is no time for… / Can’t possibly… |
| 69 | ～だけに | Precisely because… |
| 70 | ～だけあって | As expected of… / True to… |
| 71 | ～上 | In terms of… / From the standpoint of… |
| 72 | ～上（で） | On… / According to… |
| 73 | ～まい | ① Definitely will not (resolution)
② Probably will not |
| 74 | ～ないではいられない（～ずにはいられない） | Can’t help but… / Can’t refrain from… |
| 75 | ～に限る | ① Only… / Limited to…
② …is the best |
| 76 | ～に限らず | Not only… but also… / Not limited to… |
| 77 | ～か～ないかのうちに | Just as… / The moment… / No sooner than… |
| 78 | ～（か）と思ったら（～（か）と思うと） | Just when I thought… / No sooner had… than… |
| 79 | ～に先立って、に先立ち | Prior to… / Before… |
| 80 | ～ずにすむ | Not have to… / Get by without… |
| 81 | ～にしたら、すれば、しても | For… / From the viewpoint of… / In the case of… |
| 82 | ～かねる / ～かねない | ① (かねる) Hard to… / Cannot…
② (かねない) May well… / Could possibly… |
| 84 | ～次第 | As soon as…, then immediately… |
| 85 | ～次第で／だ | Depending on… / It depends on… |
| 86 | ～次第だ | The situation is that…, so… / The reason is…, hence… |
| 87 | ～限り | ① As long as…
② To the extent that… / As far as I know… ③ To the utmost… |
| 88 | に限って | ① Precisely on… / Only…
② Of all people, (someone) would never… |
| 89 | ～見えて | It seems that… / Apparently… |
| 90 | ～というと・といえば・といったら | ① If we’re talking about…, then…
② Speaking of…, … |
| 91 | ～といっても | Even though one says… / Although it’s said…, still… |
| 92 | ～にかけては | When it comes to… / In terms of… / In the field of… |
| 93 | ～つつも | Although… / Though…, but… |
| 94 | ～にしろ／にせよ／にしても | Even if… / Even though… |
| 95 | （ただ）～のみ | Only… (= だけ、ばかり) |
| 97 | ～にほかならない | Is none other than… / Is nothing but… |
| 98 | ～ざるを得ない | Have no choice but to… / Must… |
| 99 | ～ては…ては | Doing A and then B over and over again |
| 100 | ～矢先に | Just as (one was about to)… / Right before… |
| 101 | ～にとどまらず | Not limited to… / Not only stopping at… |
| 102 | ～ことは（には）…が（けど） | It’s true that A, but… |
| 103 | ～からして | Even from… / Judging from just… / Starting with… |
| 104 | ～というか…というか | You could call it A, or you could call it B |
| 105 | ～に越したことはない | Nothing beats having A / It’s best to have A |
| 106 | ～Vようにも…ない | Even if one wanted to, one can’t… |
| 107 | ～を踏まえて | Based on… / Taking into account… |
| 108 | ～は…にかかっている | A depends on… / A rests on… |
| 109 | ～Vようとする | Try to… / Be about to… / Intend to… |
| 110 | ～Vようではないか | Let’s… (together) |
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