In Japanese grammar, "particles,", or joshi 助詞, are the basis of a very large part of the Japanese language, however, they're also a very alien concept to a lot of people learning Japanese. In this article, I'll explain what are particles and how they work in Japanese.

• Identification
  
  • In Katakana
  • In Kanji
  • Syntax
• Functions
  
  • Case-Marking Particles
  • Binding Particles
  • Listing Particles
  • Adverbial Particles
  • Conjunctive Particles
  • Sentence-Ending Particles
    
    • Female Particles
  • Copula Particles
  • Noun Particles
  • Particles with Multiple Functions
  • Functions with Multiple Particles

In Japanese, verbs work in a different way than they do in English. In English, we use words like "will," "would," "not," and so on to change the meaning of the phrase. In Japanese, the verb, its conjugation, and added suffixes do that instead.

In Japanese, dekiru できる, also spelled dekiru 出来る, means a number of things. It can mean "able to" when used as an auxiliary verb. But it can also mean "capable of." And, sometimes, it can mean "to make" or "to be made" or "to be made of."

• Kanji
• "To Be Capable Of"
• Potential Form of する
• で出来ている
• Related Words

In Japanese, isekai 異世界 means "different world," but it also refers to a genre of anime that deals with going, ending up, being summoned to, or reincarnating in another world, particularly via high-speed truck-kun collision.

• Translation
  
  • 異
  • 世界
• Genre
  
  • Examples
  • What's Not Isekai
    
    • SAO vs. Overlord
• History

In Japanese, genki 元気 means "lively," "full of energy," "healthy," "fine," and so on. It's a word that's used in two ways: to ask if someone is doing fine, physically, or to tell someone to stop being gloomy and get motivated.

• How Are You Doing?
  
  • 元気で何より
  • Not Genki
• Seeming Lively
• As Adjective
• 元気をだして
• Anime Personality
• Kanji
• Origin of the Word