Easy Japanese Grammar - Common uses of こと

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Adjectives from Nouns: ~てき
Nouns from Verbs: かた How to do
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This and That: こ・あ・そ・ど
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Called: という
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Particle へ: Destination
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Particle と: Quotations
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Only Part 1: だけ
Only Part 2: しか～ない
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Although: のに
"And" in Japanese

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And, what's more: し

Because: から and ので

Giving reasons: から
Giving Reasons: ので

Before and After

Before: まえに
After

After: あとで
After doing: ～てから

But
Conditional Sentences If and When: ~たら, ~ば, ~と and ~なら

If: ば
If and when: たら
Conditional When: と
If it's the case that: なら
Conditional Sentences: ~たら, ~ば, ~と, ~なら

Embedded (Indirect) Questions: か and かどうか
Even though, even if: ても
Joining multiple ideas: ~たり~たりする
Making Noun Phrases with こと
Purpose: ために
So that: ように
When: とき
While

While: ながら
While: あいだに
Sentence Endings
Accidental and Completed actions: ～て　しまう
Bring and Take
Comparisons: ~のほうが
Decisions: ことにする・ことになる
Describing Changes: なる to become
Duty: べき
Easy and hard to do: ~やすい and ~にくい
Expectations: はずです
Giving Advice

You should: ~たほうがいい
You shouldn't: ~ないほうがいい

Giving and Receiving
Going places for a purpose: Verb Stem にいく
Intentions: つもりです
It seems: そうです
It looks like: よう　です
Negative Comparisons: ほど
Obligation: You must
Opinions: とおもう
Past Experiences: ~たことがある
Permission

Permission to do: ～てもいい
Permission not to do: ～なくてもいい

Plans: よていです
The Potential Part 2: Using Potential verbs in sentences
Prohibition: You must not
Please don't: ないでください
Reporting on Information from a source: によると＋そうです
Rules
To be: です vs あります
Too Much: すぎる
Try doing something: ~てみる
Want

Want 1: Tai Desu and Hoshii
Want 2: ~てほしい　I want you to ~
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Some common uses of the nominaliser こと.

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