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adverb 10-1
Frequency Adverbs
Degree Adverbs
Quantity Adverbs
Adverbs that modify Adjectives
Common Adverbs
Adverbial phrase
Grammar
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. )
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. )
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 |
[ ] わかりました。
[ ] wakari-mashita.
( I understand. )
[ ] 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. )
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. )
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. )
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. )
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. )
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

わたしは かみを みじかく きりました。
watashi [wa] kami [o] mijika-ku kiri-mashita.
( I got my hair cut short. )
watashi [wa] kami [o] mijika-ku kiri-mashita.
( I got my hair cut short. )
i-Adjective ( –
na-Adjective

わたしは しずかに たべました。
watashi [wa] shizuka-ni tabe-mashita.
( I ate quietly. )
watashi [wa] shizuka-ni tabe-mashita.
( I ate quietly. )
na-Adjective – に
Let’s say in Japanese !
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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