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Grammar JLPT Level N3 - Lesson 4

Structure of (Particle) + の:

Noun + Particle(1) + + Noun

(1) からまで

Details about (Particle) + の:

In Japanese, many particles are often grouped together with the case marking particle の. The primary function of this is to form a link between noun (A), and noun (B). In each of these cases, noun (B) will be considered to have all of the qualities described by noun (A), and the first particle that follows it.
The particle that comes before の will always be something that adds some form of immediate information about noun (A). The most common ones are as follows:
    Noun (A) から の Noun (B) - The (B) that is 'from' (A).
  • これはアメリカからの土産(みやげ)です
    This is a souvenir from America.
Noun (A) と の Noun (B) - The (B) that is 'grouped with' (A).
  • (わか)れた(あと)(かれ)との関係(かんけい)はどうなるんだろう
    After breaking up with him, I wonder what our relationship would be like.
Noun (A) へ の Noun (B) - The (B) that is 'toward' (A).
  • 海外(かいがい)への手紙(てがみ)はこちらポスト()れください。
    Please put letters to be sent internationally into this mailbox.
Noun (A) で の Noun (B) - The (B) that 'done with' (A).
  • 環境(かんきょう)(わる)ので(くるま)での通勤(つうきん)(ひか)てください
    Because it is bad for the environment, please refrain from commuting by car.
Noun (A) まで の Noun (B) - The (B) that is 'until' (A).
  • 出発(しゅっぱつ)まで時間(じかん)(なに)します?
    What do you want to do until departure?
(Particle) + の

Usage Notes for (Particle) + の:

Because noun (A) is describing noun (B), noun (B) will be considered as the subject of the statement. Due to this, particles that usually mark subjects, topics, or objects of actions cannot be paired directly with の. This includes に, も, は, が, and .

Synonyms for (Particle) + の:

Verb nominalizer, The one who..., That which...
Adjective + の(は)
The 'one' that... (Indefinite pronoun, Adjective nominalization)

Example of (Particle) + の

あちゃん握手会(あくしゅかい)()こう!

Let's go to the handshake event with A-chan!

昨晩(さくばん)から(あめ)はやっと()んだ。とうとう友達(ともだち)()いに()ける

The rain that started from yesterday evening finally stopped! I can finally go meet up with my friends!

おじいちゃんはポーランド(おも)()をだんだんと(わす)れてきた。

Grandpa has been slowly forgetting his memories of Poland.

(かれ)彼女(かのじょ)愛情(あいじょう)でいっぱいのメッセージをいつも()いている。

He always writes messages that are filled with love towards her.

(いま)まで対立(たいりつ)原因(げんいん)(ひろ)()られていない。

The reason for the conflict up until now is not widely known.

Grammar same lesson

すると

Having done..., If...is done..., (And/just) then, Thereupon, If so
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である

Formal or literary だ, Authoritative, Copula
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そうすると

Having done that..., If that is done..., (And/just) then, Thereupon, If so
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(Noun) + 型(がた)

Model, Type, Pattern, Kind, Shape, Size(d)
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ところで

By the way, Incidentally
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