{"id":176593127,"date":"2019-03-11T11:03:31","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T18:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/blog-new\/?p=176593127"},"modified":"2026-05-13T13:39:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T20:39:17","slug":"japanese-adverbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/blog\/japanese-adverbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Get to Know Japanese Adverbs in 5 minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adverbs are words that tell more about the verb of a sentence: when, where or in what way it was done. Thankfully, Japanese adverbs are really easy to use: they don\u2019t require any special conjugations or tricky particles and can go pretty much anywhere in a sentence. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/29\/how-hard-is-it-to-learn-japanese\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not all of Japanese is so difficult!<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><br \/>That being said, just because they\u2019re easy doesn\u2019t mean they aren\u2019t important. Adverbs are the difference, literally, between <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">speaking Japanese<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">speaking Japanese fluently. <br \/><br \/><\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are a few to get you started.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Japanese adverbs of time<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adverbs of time tell us about <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">when<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> something is done.<br \/><br \/><\/span><\/p>\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><b>Later <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u5f8c\u3067<br \/>\uff08\u3042\u3068\u3067\uff09<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><b>Already<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u3082\u3046<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><b>Recently <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u6700\u8fd1<br \/>\uff08\u3055\u3044\u304d\u3093\uff09<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><b>Immediately<br \/><\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u3059\u3050\u306b<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><b>Tomorrow <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u660e\u65e5<br \/>\uff08\u3042\u3057\u305f\uff09<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><b>\u660e\u65e5<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u5b66\u6821\u304c\u306a\u3044\u306e\u3067\u3001\u3069\u3053\u304b\u904a\u3073\u306b\u884c\u304d\u305f\u3044\u306a\u3002<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><b>\u3042\u3057\u305f<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u304c\u3063\u3053\u3046\u304c\u306a\u3044\u306e\u3067\u3001<\/span><b>\u3069\u3053\u304b<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u3042\u305d\u3073\u306b\u884c\u304d\u305f\u3044\u306a\u3002<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s no school <\/span><b>tomorrow<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> so I want to go somewhere and have fun. (casual)<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><br \/><\/span><b>\u6700\u8fd1<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u3001\u30e9\u30bf\u30c8\u30a5\u30a4\u30e6\u306f\u3084\u3063\u3071\u308a\u30cd\u30ba\u30df\u304b\u3089\u3067\u304d\u3066\u3044\u306a\u3044\u3068\u3044\u3046\u3053\u3068\u304c\u308f\u304b\u3063\u305f\u3002<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><b>\u3055\u3044\u304d\u3093<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u3001\u3089\u305f\u3068\u3045\u3044\u3086\u306f\u3084\u3071\u308a\u306d\u305a\u307f\u304b\u3089\u3067\u304d\u3066\u3044\u306a\u3044\u3068\u3044\u3046\u3053\u3068\u304c\u308f\u304b\u3063\u305f\u3002<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The other day I discovered that ratatouille is not, actually, made from rats. (casual)<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLn7iYKq-G3PKbpPv_QTzFHETugwSdT67I\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-176600493 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Japanese_Blog-Banner-1-1024x288.jpg\" alt=\"Learn Japanese with the LingQ podcast\" width=\"870\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Japanese_Blog-Banner-1-1024x288.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Japanese_Blog-Banner-1-300x84.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Japanese_Blog-Banner-1-768x216.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Japanese_Blog-Banner-1-600x169.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Japanese_Blog-Banner-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Japanese adverbs of frequency<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adverbs of frequency tell us <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">how often<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> something is done.<br \/><br \/><\/span><\/p>\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><b>Always <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u3044\u3064\u3082<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><b>Often<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u3088\u304f<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><b>Sometimes <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\u3068\u304d\u3069\u304d<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><b>Occasionally<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\u305f\u307e\u306b<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><b>Never <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u4e00\u5ea6\u3082<br \/>\uff08\u3044\u3061\u3069\u3082\uff09<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\u500b\u4eba\u7684\u306b\u8a00\u3048\u3070\u3001\u79c1\u306f<\/span><b>\u3088\u304f<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LingQ\u3067\u65e5\u672c\u8a9e\u3092\u52c9\u5f37\u3057\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u3053\u3058\u3093\u3066\u304d\u306b\u3044\u3048\u3070\u3001\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306f<\/span><b>\u3088\u304f<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LingQ\u3067\u306b\u307b\u3093\u3054\u3092\u3079\u3093\u304d\u3087\u3046\u3057\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Personally speaking, I <\/span><b>often<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> study Japanese on LingQ.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><br \/>\u79c1\u306f<\/span><b>\u305f\u307e\u306b<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u30e1\u30ed\u30f3\u30d1\u30f3\u3092\u5168\u90e8\u4e00\u53e3\u3067\u98df\u3079\u3066\u3057\u307e\u3046\u7656\u304c\u3042\u308b\u3053\u3068\u3067\u77e5\u3089\u308c\u3066\u3044\u308b\u3002<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306f<\/span><b>\u305f\u307e\u306b<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u3081\u308d\u3093\u3071\u3093\u3092\u305c\u3093\u3076\u3072\u3068\u304f\u3061\u3067\u305f\u3079\u3066\u3057\u307e\u3046\u304f\u305b\u304c\u3042\u308b\u3053\u3068\u3067\u3057\u3089\u308c\u3066\u3044\u308b\u3002<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019ve been known to <\/span><b>occasionally<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> eat an entire melon bread pastry in a single bite. (casual)<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Japanese adverbs of manner<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adverbs of manner tell us <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">how<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in what way<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> something is done. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/16\/japanese-onomatopoeia\/\">Japanese onomatopoeia<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0also function as adverbs.<br \/><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><b>Really <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u672c\u5f53\u306b<br \/>\uff08\u307b\u3093\u3068\u3046\u306b\uff09<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><b>Alone<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u4e00\u4eba\u3067<br \/>\uff08\u3072\u3068\u308a\u3067\uff09<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><b>Together <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u4e00\u7dd2\u306b<br \/>\uff08\u3044\u3063\u3057\u3087\u306b\uff09<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><b>\u201cWith a friendly grin\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u306b\u3053\u306b\u3053<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><b>Twinkling<br \/>\u3000<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u304d\u3089\u304d\u3089<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\u5f7c\u5973\u306e\u76ee\u306f<\/span><b>\u304d\u3089\u304d\u3089\u3068<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u7f36\u8a70\u306e\u3088\u3046\u306b\u8f1d\u3044\u305f\u3002<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u304b\u306e\u3058\u3087\u306e\u3081\u306f<\/span><b>\u304d\u3089\u304d\u3089\u3068<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u304b\u3093\u3065\u3081\u306e\u3088\u3046\u306b\u304b\u304c\u3084\u3044\u305f\u3002<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The woman\u2019s eyes<\/span><b> twinkled<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> like a tin can. (lit: shone in a twinkling fashion; casual)<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0* Onomatopoeia are often followed by the particle \u3068<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\u3044\u3064\u3082\u3053\u3046\u3044\u3046\u304f\u3060\u3089\u306a\u3044\u3053\u3068\u3092\u8a00\u3063\u3066\u3044\u308b\u304b\u3089\u3001\u79c1\u306f\u7d50\u5c40<\/span><b>\u4e00\u4eba<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u306b\u306a\u308b\u3060\u308d\u3046\u3002<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u3044\u3064\u3082\u3053\u3046\u3044\u3046\u304f\u3060\u3089\u306a\u3044\u3053\u3068\u3092\u3044\u3063\u3066\u3044\u308b\u304b\u3089\u3001\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306f\u3051\u3063\u304d\u3087\u304f<\/span><b>\u3072\u3068\u308a<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u306b\u306a\u308b\u3060\u308d\u3046\u3002 <\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019ll probably end up <\/span><b>alone<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> because I\u2019m always saying dumb things like that. (casual)<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/en\/learn-japanese-online\/?utm_source=LingQ Blog&amp;utm_medium=banner&amp;utm_campaign=blogpost&amp;utm_content=GettoKnowJapaneseAdverbsin5minutes\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-176597787 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/lingq-girl.png\" alt=\"Learn Japanese online at LingQ\" width=\"700\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/lingq-girl.png 700w, https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/lingq-girl-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/lingq-girl-600x257.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Making adverbs from adjectives<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the same way that many English adjectives can be made adverbs by adding ~ly, many Japanese adjectives can also be turned into adverbs via a simple two step process.<br \/><br \/>For \u3044-adjectives, replace the final \u3044 with \u304f\u3002<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u60b2\u3057\u3044\uff08\u304b\u306a\u3057\u3044\uff09sad \u2192 \u60b2\u3057\u304f sadly<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u65e9\u3044\uff08\u306f\u3084\u3044\uff09quick \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2192 \u65e9\u304f quickly<br \/><br \/><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For \u306a-adjectives, simply tack a \u306b onto the adjective\u2019s root form.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u9759\u304b\uff08\u3057\u305a\u304b\uff09quiet \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2192 \u9759\u304b\u306b quietly<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u7c21\u5358\uff08\u304b\u3093\u305f\u3093\uff09simple \u2192 \u7c21\u5358\u306b simply<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u3053\u306e\u8cea\u554f\u306f\u3001\u666e\u901a\u306a\u3089\u305d\u3093\u306a\u306b<\/span><b>\u7c21\u5358\u306b<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u7b54\u3048\u3089\u308c\u308b\u3082\u306e\u3067\u306f\u3042\u308a\u307e\u305b\u3093\u3002<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u3053\u306e\u3057\u3064\u3082\u3093\u306f\u3001\u3075\u3064\u3046\u306a\u3089\u305d\u3093\u306a\u306b<\/span><b>\u304b\u3093\u305f\u3093\u306b<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u3053\u305f\u3048\u3089\u308c\u308b\u3082\u306e\u3067\u306f\u3042\u308a\u307e\u305b\u3093\u3002<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Normally, this question is not something that could be so <\/span><b>easily\/simply<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> answered.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u3057\u304b\u3057\u3001\u3042\u308a\u304c\u305f\u3044\u3053\u3068\u306b\u3001\u6559\u5e2b\u7528\u306e\u6559\u79d1\u66f8\u3082\u6301\u3063\u3066\u3044\u305f\u306e\u3067\u3001\u7b54\u3048\u306f\u554f\u984c\u306a\u304f<\/span><b>\u65e9\u304f<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u898b\u3064\u3051\u305f\u3002<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u3057\u304b\u3057\u3001\u3042\u308a\u304c\u305f\u3044\u3053\u3068\u306b\u3001\u304d\u3087\u3046\u3057\u3088\u3046\u306e\u304d\u3087\u3046\u304b\u3057\u3087\u3082\u3082\u3063\u3066\u3044\u305f\u306e\u3067\u3001\u3053\u305f\u3048\u306f\u3082\u3093\u3060\u3044\u306a\u304f<\/span><b>\u306f\u3084\u304f<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u307f\u3064\u3051\u305f\u3002<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thankfully, however, I found the answer <\/span><b>quickly<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with no problems because I also had a teacher&#8217;s edition of the textbook. (Casual)<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn Japanese adverbs in context<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p>Learning a language in context goes a lot further than trying to remember individual words. Instead of making a list of Japanese adverbs, why not find content you enjoy that contains a variety of adverbs that you can learn how to use.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/en\/learn-japanese-online\/\">Learn Japanese online<\/a> using LingQ. LingQ is packed with 100s of lessons that have been professionally recorded and transcribed by native Japanese speakers so you can read and listen as you study. 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