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KLC Graded Reading Sets Index of Grammar Glosses

The exercises in the KLC Graded Reading Sets series incorporate thousands of glosses introducing grammatical phrases and other fixed expressions. These “grammar glosses” are designed to aid comprehension and help you master a wide range of sentence patterns in the course of your reading.

The Index of Grammar Glosses is long and may be difficult to navigate within the ebook format. For this reason, you may find it more convenient to download the file linked below and in order to search items of interest using a spreadsheet or other application:

KLC-GRS Index of Grammar Glosses  (xlsx file)

Expressions are listed with romanized headings to simplify searching, followed by a kana version in Japanese quotation brackets 「」, followed in curved brackets {} by a kanji version, if one exists. Asterisks in the kanji version indicate that it is used less frequently (single asterisk) or much less frequently (double asterisk) than the kana-only version. Numerals inside the curved brackets indicate the kanji’s KLC entry number(s).

The English glosses have been prepared as concise keywords intended to encapsulate the basic meaning of the expression. However these are no substitute for reading a full explanation in a specialized grammar resource (the Makino & Tsutsui series being by far the most comprehensive and detailed).

The end of each gloss contains references to other resources for more information on how the pattern is used:

  • DJG1, DJG2, DJG3: A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar (DJG1), A Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese Grammar (DJG2), and A Dictionary of Advanced Japanese Grammar (DJG3), all by Seiichi Makino & Michio Tsutsui.
  • Genki: Genki: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese, 2nd Edition, by Eri Banno et al. References to chapters 1-2 refer to Volume 1, while those to chapters 13-23 refer to Volume 2.
  • Marx: Speak Japanese in 90 Days, by Kevin Marx. “Marx v1” refers to the first volume, and “v2” to the second volume.
  • Tobira: Tobira: Gateway to Advanced Japanese, by Mayumi Oka, et al. Tobira references point to numbered items in the 「文法ノート」 sections at the end of each chapter.

Examples of each expression can be found at the numbered items appearing in the “Examples” column.

To avoid technical issues with displaying macrons, the alphabetical headings diverge from Hepburn romanization by rendering long vowels as follows: おお = oo; おう = ou; うう = uu.