Resources breaking down grammar points

Japanese
#1

Hi,

I am looking for resources that are breaking down grammar points and what creates the meaning of said grammar points. Many resources introduce a grammar structure, explain what it can be translated to and then provide examples. However they usually do not explain why a structure holds the meaning.
For example what the nuances are to distinguish the meanings of grammar points such as:
としては、にしては、としても and にしても
With the provided information one can only learn the phrases by heart and possibly not understand them in depth.

For example in Dictionary of basic Japanese Grammar they provide a lot of information about how to use the particle に but they do not explain how に works in the context of にしては and how it’s different from と in としては.

Other examples would be わけがない and わけではない or となっている and ことになっている.

Has anyone encountered resources like that?

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#2

Hi there,

I am glad you mentioned this. Actually, as most of these grammar points are in N3, you will be able to find all of that detailed information right here on Bunpro very soon.

Our guides for all of these grammar points, including what they are made of/what gives them their meaning are very close to being finished (expected release April 15).

I agree 100%. Most of this information is extremely difficult to find, unless you are reading things made in Japanese, for Japanese people. If for some reason mid April is too far away, then I recommend a Japanese dictionary, like the 新明解国語辞典, as it contains many (but not all) in depth explanations to common grammar structures.

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#3

Great news!

I was also going to suggest searching the similar points in Japanese. Native speakers, regardless of language, have grammar points and vocab that are very similar and/or hard to explain, and so there are sites dedicated to explaining this kind of stuff (if you don’t mind searching in Japanese). But the wait won’t be long for @Sotaka’s specific query.

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