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Vocabulary Kanji Example Grammar Japanese - Japanese

ようと思う/ようと思っている => thinking of doing; planning to ~ N3

と思っている => Plan to do something N4

Plan

～かと思いきや => contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ~ N1

Things do not match the prediction

と思う => I think N5

かと思ったら/かと思うと => just when; no sooner than ~ N2

～しいしい => Every once in a while... (Repeat situation) N1

Repetition, habit

出す => to begin to; to start to; to burst into; ... out (e.g. to jump out, to carry out) N4

と[思「おも」]いきや => Even though A (was thought/expected), different result B N1

Contrast/Surprise

と([思「おも」]う、[言「い」]う、[考「かんが」]える) => That A N4

Particles

らしい => It looks like N3

Situation

たいして…ない => ~is not much of~ N3

Emphasis on degree

いかにも…らしい => indeed; really; truly N3

Accept, agree