「形容詞・形容動詞」＋ことといったら、～。
The “Try!” textbook series lists this as N3 grammar.
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Thanks for the suggestion! I’ll add it to the list for consideration.
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(word)の(first letter)の字もない ー not a shred of (word)
For example:
人情のにの字もない
反省のはの字もない
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Don’t see やっと mentioned here yet. Always thought it was weird とうとう, いよいよ, and 遂に all got grammar points but やっと didn’t despite being the one I come across most often.
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Since it is already mentioned in the
verb(ます)-stem +にくい
maybe it would make sense to add
verb(ます)-stem +づらい(辛い)?
Or as a variation of にくい?
Edit: Found it in the update list. ^^
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That fact that it is the most common is basically the reason it isn’t included in a lot of grammar resources, and is just considered vocab. I’ll see if we can add a link for our やっと vocab entry to the other ‘finally’ points. That might be a good stop-gap measure.
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Is there a grammar point that covers をして/をしに that I just haven’t come across yet? I don’t see it as its own point (are they even the same point? I can find a lot more on をして than on をしに on Google). It seems like it’s very formal/literary so might not be high priority, but I’ve seen both used in example sentences so might be good to include.
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Can you give some example sentences of the usage your talking about specifically? I am guessing you’re talking about をして being used with causative expressions but just want to check what you mean. Any examples of what you have in mind would be greatly appreciated!
Yes. Unfortunately, I don’t think Bunpro lets you search for text in example sentences (which would be nice), but this specifically is what I mean: をして - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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Did a quick search and I don’t think anyone has mentioned it yet, but it would be nice to have a write up for ～ばと思います.
I see it used quite often at work and it threw me for a loop the first time I saw it!
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I’d like to suggest the following but I noticed it’s not really listed as a grammar point anywhere else
noun+日和
A good day for ~~
I learned it as a grammar point in the textbook Dekiru Nihongo but it doesn’t seem that widely listed elsewhere so I understand if it’s not of great importance/worth being added, but just thought I’d mention it!
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Haven’t seen 又は mentioned. Unlike やっと in my last post, I haven’t seen 又は outside of the N4 vocab deck. It seems relatively synonymous with the か grammar point meaning or (aside from formailty/politeness I’m guessing), but there’s no relation mentioned between the two, and when adding 又は to my reviews it’ll flag か as outright wrong. At the very least, expanding the summary of 又は to distinguish the two would be helpful.
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～によりけり＝～しだいで決まる・～によって決まること
手引き：ケームのルールも場合によりけりであるが、人死に厭わないものだということだけは、確かである。
これをただの偶然で済ませるかどうかは人によりけりだが、俺は引っかかっている。
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