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Table of Contents
- Frequency Adverbs
- Degree Adverbs
- Quantity Adverbs
- Adverbs that modify Adjectives
- Common Adverbs
- Adverbial phrase
🌟 10. Adverb
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Grammar Note
⚫️ Frequency Adverbs
affirmative
| よく yoku | often |
| ときどき tokidoki | sometimes |
わたしは [ ] この パンを かいます。
watashi [ ] kono pan [o] kai-masu.
( I buy this bread. )
negative
| あまり amari | hardly ever |
| ぜんぜん zenzen | not at all |
わたしは [ ] テレビを みません。
watashi [ ] terebi [o] mi-masen.
( I don’t watch TV. )
⚫️ Degree Adverbs
affirmative
| よく yoku | well |
| だいたい daitai | mostly |
| すこし sukoshi | a little |
[ ] wakari-mashita.
( I understand. )
negative
| あまり amari | not well |
| ぜんぜん zenzen | not at all |
わたしは にほんごが [ ] わかりません。
watashi [wa] nihongo [ga] [ ] wakari-masen.
( I don’t understand Japanese. )
⚫️ Quantity Adverbs
affirmative
| たくさん takusan | many |
| すこし sukoshi | a few a little |
がくせいが [ ] います。
gakusei [ga] [ ] i-masu.
( There are students. )
negative
| あまり amari | not much |
| ぜんぜん zenzen | no |
がくせいが [ ] いません。
gakusei [ga] [ ] i-masen.
( There aren’t students. )
⚫️ Adverbs that modify Adjectives
affirmative
| とても totemo | very |
| すこし sukoshi | a little |
きょうは [ ] あついです。
kyō [wa] [ ] atsui-desu.
( It’s hot today. )
negative
| あまり amari | not very much |
| ぜんぜん zenzen | not at all |
きょうは [ ] あつくないです。
kyō [wa] [ ] atsu-kunaidesu.
( It’s not hot today. )
⚫️ Common Adverbs
| もう mō | already |
| まだ mada | yet |
| ずっと zutto | all the time always |
| はじめて hajimete | for the first time |
| ゆっくり yukkuri | slowly |
| すぐ sugu | shortly |
| また mata | again soon |
| たぶん tabun | probably perhaps |
⚫️ Adverbial phrase
Many adjectives can be used as adverbs with form changing.
i-Adjective
watashi [wa] kami [o] mijika-ku kiri-mashita.
( I got my hair cut short. )
i-Adjective ( –
na-Adjective
watashi [wa] shizuka-ni tabe-mashita.
( I ate quietly. )
na-Adjective – に

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I always walk to work, but I sometimes go by bicycle.
I can’t remember the name of that lady at all.
Please eat a lot.
It was very hot yesterday.
Please say slowly.
Please touch lightly.
The shop staff politely explained for me.
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