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Japanese Reading and Writing in Japanese Flashcards
50 question-and-answer cards covering Reading and Writing in Japanese as it is examined in Japanese. 24 of them are printed below, taken from across the deck — no signup, no paywall on the preview.
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What does 一方 (いっぽう) signal as a discourse connector?
It means 'on the other hand / meanwhile' and introduces a contrasting or parallel point, common in articles.
What is the difference between だ and である when reading formal text?
Both are plain copulas ('is'), but である is more formal and literary, preferred in essays, editorials, and academic reports, while だ is more conversational-plain.
What does the pattern ～に対して mean in articles?
It means 'toward / with respect to / in contrast to', indicating the target of an action or attitude, or a comparison.
What does ～ため(に) express in expository writing?
It expresses cause/reason ('because of') or purpose ('in order to'), e.g. 雨のため中止 ('cancelled due to rain').
When writing a short sentence, how do you connect two verbs/clauses meaning 'and then'?
Use the て-form of the first verb, e.g. 起きて、食べます ('I get up and then eat').
How do you make a polite request in a short sentence?
Use the て-form + ください, e.g. 見てください ('please look').
What is the te-form rule for a verb ending in う, つ, る?
The ending changes to って, e.g. 買う→買って, 待つ→待って, ある→あって.
How do you express 'want to do' something in a short sentence?
Attach ～たい to the verb stem, e.g. 食べたい ('I want to eat'); it conjugates like an い-adjective.
How do you conjugate an い-adjective to negative past, e.g. 'was not big'?
大きい→大きくなかった; drop い, add くなかった.
How do you conjugate a な-adjective to modify a noun directly?
Keep な before the noun, e.g. 静かな部屋 ('a quiet room').
How do you express 'because' linking a reason clause to a result in one sentence?
Use から (subjective reason) or ので (softer/objective reason), e.g. 忙しいから行きません ('I won't go because I'm busy').
How do you form a simple conditional 'if/when' with ～たら?
Add ～たら to the plain past form, e.g. 雨が降ったら ('if/when it rains').
How do you express ability ('can do') in a short sentence?
Use the potential form, e.g. 食べる→食べられる, 書く→書ける ('can write'), or ～ことができる.
How do you express comparison 'A is more ~ than B'?
Use AはBより + adjective, e.g. 東京は大阪より大きい ('Tokyo is bigger than Osaka').
How do you express the superlative 'the most ~' in a sentence?
Use 一番 + adjective, e.g. 一番高い ('the most expensive / tallest').
What is the typical four-part structure (起承転結) used to organize essays and narratives?
起 (introduction), 承 (development), 転 (turn/twist), 結 (conclusion)—a classical rhetorical structure for Japanese compositions.
What is the more Western-style essay structure often taught for reports?
序論 (introduction/thesis), 本論 (body/argument with evidence), and 結論 (conclusion/summary).
In formal writing, why should you avoid mixing です・ます style with である style?
Register consistency (文体の統一) is required; an essay/report should stay entirely in one style—usually the plain である体 throughout.
What is a 原稿用紙 and one key rule for using it?
A genkō yōshi is a Japanese manuscript grid paper; one character (including punctuation) goes in each square, and the essay is typically written vertically with paragraph indents of one square.
What does the essay connector したがって mean?
'Therefore / consequently'—it introduces a logical conclusion drawn from preceding evidence, common in formal reports.
What does the connector また mean in report writing?
'Also / moreover / furthermore'—it adds an additional point of the same weight.
What phrase commonly introduces a personal opinion or thesis in an essay?
～と思う ('I think that') or the more formal ～と考える／～と考えられる ('it is thought that'), the latter preferred in objective reports.
What is the difference between 話し言葉 and 書き言葉, and why does it matter for essays?
話し言葉 is spoken/colloquial language; 書き言葉 is written language. Essays and reports require 書き言葉—avoiding contractions like ～ちゃう and colloquial particles like よ・ね.
What is a concluding phrase commonly used to summarize a report's argument?
以上のことから ('from the above') or 結論として ('in conclusion'), used to introduce the final summary of findings.
What this deck covers
The Reading and Writing in Japanese deck follows the Japanese Reading and Writing in Japanese syllabus — 2 chapters and 4 topics — so questions land on material that is genuinely examinable rather than trivia around it. That works out to roughly 25.0 cards per chapter.
Answers are written to be recallable, not just readable — averaging about 97 characters, which is long enough to carry the reasoning and short enough to say out loud.
A deck like this earns its keep on the second and third pass. Read the syllabus first so you know the shape of the subject, then use the cards to find the specific facts that have not stuck.
Reading and Writing in Japanese flashcards FAQ
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50 cards. This page previews 24 of them, sampled evenly across the deck so you can judge the difficulty before installing anything.
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They follow the Japanese Reading and Writing in Japanese syllabus — 2 chapters and 4 topics — so the questions track what is actually examinable.
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