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    Japanese uses adverbs to modify verbs similar to English. There are several ways to form adverbs in Japanese. Adverbs can be formed by adding "-ku" to -i adjectives or using "ni" after -na adjectives. There are also many adverbs that are not derived from adjectives but rather are separate words that express concepts like time, quantity, or manner. Some examples of these types of adverbs include "kinou" (yesterday), "amari" (not much), and "taihen" (very).

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    Japanese uses adverbs to modify verbs similar to English. There are several ways to form adverbs in Japanese. Adverbs can be formed by adding "-ku" to -i adjectives or using "ni" after -na adjectives. There are also many adverbs that are not derived from adjectives but rather are separate words that express concepts like time, quantity, or manner. Some examples of these types of adverbs include "kinou" (yesterday), "amari" (not much), and "taihen" (very).

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    Japanese uses adverbs to modify verbs similar to English. There are several ways to form adverbs in Japanese. Adverbs can be formed by adding "-ku" to -i adjectives or using "ni" after -na adjectives. There are also many adverbs that are not derived from adjectives but rather are separate words that express concepts like time, quantity, or manner. Some examples of these types of adverbs include "kinou" (yesterday), "amari" (not much), and "taihen" (very).

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    Japanese uses adverbs to modify verbs similar to English. There are several ways to form adverbs in Japanese. Adverbs can be formed by adding "-ku" to -i adjectives or using "ni" after -na adjectives. There are also many adverbs that are not derived from adjectives but rather are separate words that express concepts like time, quantity, or manner. Some examples of these types of adverbs include "kinou" (yesterday), "amari" (not much), and "taihen" (very).

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    Japanese Adverbs

    Adverbs are the words that you may add to a sentence to give the verb a description.

    For instance in the English sentence “Tanaka runs fast.”, fast is the adverb, describing the way
    Tanaka runs. Adverbs are used in a similar manner in Japanese.
    tanakasan wa hayaku hashiru
    Mr. Tanaka runs fast.
    Adverbs can be made from adjectives, or be using dedicated words.

    Adverbs made from -i adjectives


    To form an adverb from an -i adjective, add -ku to the stem.

    Adjective → Adverb
    安い yasui cheap 安く yasuku cheaply

    早い hayai quick 早く hayaku quickly

    楽し tanoshii enjoyable 楽し tanoshiku enjoyably


    い く

    いい ii good よく yoku well (Irregular, based on the alternate form


    “yoi” of “ii” )
    昨日の晩トラコはよくねました。
    Kinou no ban Torako wa yoku nemashita.
    Torako slept well last night.

    Adverbs made from -na adjectives


    To form an adverb from a -na adjective, use ni after the adjective:

    Adjective → Adverb
    静か（な） shizuka(na) quiet 静かに shizuka ni quietly

    簡単（な） kantan(na) simple 簡単に kantan ni simply

    トラコは静かに歩きます。
    Torako wa shizuka ni arukimasu.
    Torako walks quietly.
    Adverbs not based on adjectives
    There are also many adverbs which are not derived from adjectives. The following are a few
    examples. (There are some derived from -na adjectives, and sometimes words are really nouns).

    昨日 kinou yesterday

    あまり amari not much

    少し sukoshi a little

    少ない sukunai a few

    今日 kyou today

    ばっかり bakkari only

    たぶん tabun perhaps

    明日 ashita tomorrow

    ちょっと chotto a little

    大変 taihen very

    毎日 mainichi every day

    いかが ikaga how

    たくさん takusan a lot

    毎朝 maiasa every morning

    いつも itsumo always

    ときどき tokidoki sometimes

    今 ima now

    また mata again

    とても totemo very

    やがて yagate soon

    もう mou already

    ゆっくり yukkuri slowly

    すぐ sugu inmediately

    もっと motto more

    全然 zenzen at all (with negative verbs)

    まだ mada yet, still


    なかなか nakanaka completely

    ほとんど hotondo almost

    はっきり hakkiri clearly

    どんどん dondon quickly

    めったに metta ni seldom

    突然 totsuzen suddenly

    そっと sotto smoothly, softly

    きっと kitto certainly

    さらに sara ni besides

    そろそろ sorosoro gradually

    益々, ますます masumasu more and more

    前に mae ni before

    後で, あとで ato de after

    のち nochi later

    さきほど、さっき sakihodo, sakki until recently

    さっさと sassato quickly

    再び futatabi again

    そもそも somosomo in the first place

    すでに sudeni already, too late

    すっかり sukkari completely

    とくに toku ni specially

    取り敢えず toriaezu at once

    相変わらず aikawarazu as ever

    拘らず kakawarazu despite

    わざわざ wazawaza on purpose

    必ず kanarazu certainly, without failure

    一般に ippan ni generally

    大丈夫に daijoubu ni OK

    一人で hitori de alone

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