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Quantifiers are words that express how often you do/don’t do things and how much you like/dislike certain things.
Here is an example of a common quantifier よく:
よく勉強します = I study often. (よく = often. 勉強します = べんきょうします/study)
Another common one is とても:
それはとても便利ですね = That’s very convenient, isn’t it?
(それ = that. は = subject marking particle. とても = [...]

Have you started learning kanji? I recently created the, “Most Frequently Used Kanji” page, which lists 50 of the most frequently used kanji in Japanese newspapers. Clicking the link of each kanji character will take you to a page where you can learn how to read and write it. If you want to learn more, [...]

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We’ve seen the が particle used in certain grammatical expressions like:
先生が好きです = I like the teacher.
(先生 = せんせい/teacher. が = ga particle. 好きです = すきです/like)
and 傘がありません = I don’t have an umbrella.
(傘 = かさ/umbrella. が = ga particle. ありません = don’t have)
There are also other uses of が. The が particle can be used for [...]

March 3rd is Hinamatsuri (Doll’s Festival) , a day to pray for a young girl’s growth and happiness. My late grandparents bought a “Hinaningyou (special dolls for Hinamatsuri)” for my sister and me when we were little. It was always exciting for us to see hinaningyo displayed on Hinamatsuri. Even after we grew up and [...]