Japanese

When <ruby>方kata</ruby> is added to a verb,
	it expresses the way of doing something or how to do something.




	For example, <ruby>食tabe</ruby>べ<ruby>方kata</ruby> means way of eating or how to eat,
	and <ruby>作tsuku</ruby>り<ruby>方kata</ruby> means way of making or how to make.



	To use <ruby>方kata</ruby>, we add it to the verb stem.
	For example, <ruby>食tabe</ruby>べます－<ruby>食ta</ruby>べ－<ruby>食ta</ruby>べ<ruby>方kata</ruby>.


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Note that where other particles would usually be used with a noun, の is used when making a sentence with 方.

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方: the way of doing something

hiragana character

kanji

adnominal

adverb

auxiliary

conjunction

compound

i-adjective

interjection

noun

na-adjective

numeral

particle

case particle

conjunctive particle

discourse particle

prefix

pronoun

suffix

verb

sentence

hiragana writing

kanji writing

kanji component

reading vocabulary

katakana writing

katakana character

godan - group 1

itidan - group 2

group 3

transitive

intransitive

proper noun

discourse

phrase

expression

Word	私わたし　は　友とも達だち　と　デパート　に　行いきます。watasi ha tomodati to depaato ni ikimasu.
Meaning	I'm going to the department store with my friend.
Part of speech	sentence
Pronunciation
Course	Japanese
Lesson	方: the way of doing something

I	私わたしwatasi
topic particle	はha
at; on; in; to; for [indirect object particle]	にni
and; or; with; if	とto
to go	行いくiku
friend	友ともだちtomodati
department store	デパートdepaato

Japanese - watasi ha tomodati to depaato ni ikimasu.

Breakdown of watasi ha tomodati to depaato ni ikimasu.

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