dictionary form
Patterns that hang off a verb's dictionary form.
The form
- slot
{V}
Patterns that attach here
〜べきだべきだN3
should do; ought to do
〜だけだけN5
only; just
〜だろうだろうN4
probably; I suppose (plain style)
〜でしょうでしょうN5
probably; I suppose; right?
〜かかN4
embedded question — who/what/where inside a sentence
〜ががN5
but; and — contrast or soft preamble
〜はずだはずだN4
should; ought to; is supposed to
〜はずがないはずがないN4
there's no way that; cannot possibly
〜かどうかかどうかN4
whether or not
〜かもしれないかもしれないN4
might; may possibly
〜かなかなN4
I wonder; maybe (wondering aloud)
〜からからN5
because; so — the speaker's own reason
〜けどけどN5
but; though — the spoken-default connective
〜ことがあることがあるN4
sometimes do; there are times when
〜ことができることができるN5
can do; be able to do
〜ことになることになるN4
it has been decided that; it turns out that
〜ことにすることにするN4
decide to do; make it a rule to do
〜まえにまえにN5
before doing; before N
〜みたいだみたいだN4
seems like; looks like; like
〜んですんですN4
it's that…; you see — marks the utterance as an explanation
〜のがじょうずのが上手N5
good at doing
〜のがすきのが好きN5
like doing
〜のでのでN4
because; since — reason as circumstance
〜のにのにN4
even though; despite; and yet
〜らしいらしいN4
apparently; I gather; typical of
〜ししN4
and what's more — stacking reasons
〜そうだそうだN4
I hear that; they say that
〜ためにためにN4
in order to; for the sake of
〜ととN4
whenever; when — one thing automatically brings the next
〜というというN4
called; named; the fact that
〜とおもうと思うN4
I think that; in my opinion
〜ときときN5
when; at the time of
〜ところだところだN4
just did; in the middle of doing; about to do
〜つもりだつもりだN4
intend to; plan to
〜うちにうちにN4
while the chance lasts; before the situation changes
〜よていだ予定だN4
be scheduled to; plan to
〜ようだようだN4
it seems; it appears; like
〜ようになるようになるN4
come to do; reach the point where
〜ようにするようにするN4
make a point of doing; see to it that