Learning Japanese is a Wonderful Thing

According to Edict: 1:  (Usually written using kana alone)  if one were to speak of ..., then certainly; if it were the case that ..., th...

Maggie's site gives a nice detailed lesson for ほど. I summarize the basic idea here, together with some expressions that are noteworthy....

Found this . Another interesting page from the same site is on Valentine's Day and 義理（ぎり）. 義理 is a moral obligation to repay someone af...

以上 means "above" or "more than". Sentences from Tanimori's Handbook to Japanese Grammar. Examples: 18さい以上のひとしか入れま...

The difference between the two are summarized in  TheJapanesePage . I write it now in my own words. This   is another reference. 考える (kang...

Although both mean "to try to do something", there are some nuances involved, and the two are not interchangeable. Thanks to Elenk...

わけ means "reason", and has the same meaning as 理由（りゆう）. In some cases, the two words are interchangeable: Ex. 日本語を学ぶ わけ は興味があるから...