# Romaji Japanese English Placement

1 desu to be (ex. is, are, am) at the end of sentences

2 mo too, also, as well as after noun/verb/adjective
3 de at, in, on (action place) before noun
4 ni / e / to (goal of movement) before noun
5 ni at, on, in (time ref.) before noun/time
6 o (direct object maker) before verbs
7 v -masen ka v - won't you? after verb stem
8 wa as for, about (topic) among nouns/adjctives
9 ga arimasu there is, there are after noun (things)
10 ga imasu there is, there are after noun (people)
11 to and (list of nouns) among nouns
12 v -mashou v - let's (future action) after verb stem
13 v -te kudasai v - please do (request) after verb stem
14 v -te mo ii desu v - you may (permission) after verb stem
15 v -te wa ikemasen v - you may not (denial) after verb stem
16 kara because (reason) after noun/verb/adjective
17 v -te iru v - -ing (progressive action) after verb stem
18 ni iku to go do (something) after verb stem
19 v -naide kudasai v - please do not (request) after verb stem
20 no ga suki desu I like to do (something) after verb
21 no ga jouzu desu to be good at (action) after verb
22 no ga heta desu to not be good at after verb
23 mada v -te imasen v - have not done yet between 'mada' & v. stem
24 a no hou ga b yori a b a is more (adj.) than b before adjective
25 x no naka de x among (comparison) after noun
26 ga ichiban the best after noun
27 tsumori desu I intend to after verb
28 i-adj. -ku naru i-adj. to become after i-adjective
29 na adj. ni naru na adj. to become after na-adjective
30 v -tai desu v - I want to after verb stem
31 v -tari v -tari suru v - v - do such things as before verb stems
32 v -ta koto ga aru v - has the experience of after verb stem
33 a ya b ab and (list of examples) between nouns
34 n desu because of after noun/verb/adjective
35 v -sugiru v - doing in excess after verb stem
36 hou ga ii it is better to do after verb
37 node because after reason
38 v -nakucha ikenai v - must, have to do after verb stem
39 deshou probably after noun/verb/adjective
40 mae ni before doing something after verb
41 v -te kara v - after doing something after verb stem

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