{"id":180,"date":"2025-07-15T13:58:58","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T13:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.moonchanlearning.online\/Lessons\/?p=180"},"modified":"2026-09-30T19:07:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T19:07:47","slug":"how-to-use-%e3%82%8f%e3%81%91%e3%81%8c%e3%81%aa%e3%81%84","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moonchanlearning.online\/Lessons\/how-to-use-%e3%82%8f%e3%81%91%e3%81%8c%e3%81%aa%e3%81%84\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use \u308f\u3051\u304c\u306a\u3044\uff08N3)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-background-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-top-width:1px;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2_j4ftMoZw4?si=WEtKQvQjE0f0wak_\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u306b\u3083\u3093\u3053\u3055\u3093\u306f\u30d1\u30bd\u30b3\u30f3\u306b\u304f\u308f\u3057\u3044\u3067\u3059\u3002<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-background-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-eb95d17d wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#C4FF47\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Grammar: \u308f\u3051\u304c\u306a\u3044 (wake ga nai)<\/mark><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Have you ever heard something so unbelievable and you just think &#8220;No way!&#8221; or &#8220;It&#8217;s impossible!&#8221;?We all do it. In this lesson, we&#8217;ll learn how to express that strong disbelief in Japanese. We&#8217;ll focus on two phrases: <strong>\u300c\u308f\u3051\u304c\u306a\u3044\u300d<\/strong> and <strong>\u300c\u306f\u305a\u304c\u306a\u3044\u300d<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key point: Understanding \u300c\u308f\u3051\u304c\u306a\u3044\u300d<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u300c\u308f\u3051\u304c\u306a\u3044\u300d (wake ga nai) is a Japanese grammar expression used to express strong <strong>denial<\/strong> or <strong>disbelief<\/strong>. It&#8217;s often used when something goes against <strong>common sense<\/strong>, <strong>logic<\/strong>. When you want to say &#8220;That&#8217;s impossible!&#8221; or &#8220;There&#8217;s no way!&#8221;, you can use \u308f\u3051\u304c\u306a\u3044.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Meanings<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>there&#8217;s no way<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><strong>it&#8217;s impossible<\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Sentence Construction<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Use <strong>the Plain Form<\/strong> of the verb before &#8220;\u308f\u3051\u304c\u306a\u3044&#8221; (wake ga nai).\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong> Plain Form<\/strong> + \u308f\u3051\u304c\u306a\u3044<br>\u8a00\u3046\u308f\u3051\u304c\u306a\u3044<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"block-fc7f5f56-5ee0-4432-8e94-46762ebc00aa\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>the Plain Form<\/strong> is the form that doesn&#8217;t use \u307e\u3059 or \u3067\u3059.<br>And, it includes<strong> \u306a\u3044- form<\/strong>. and there&#8217;s a phrase &#8220;<strong>\u3057\u306a\u3044\u308f\u3051\u304c\u306a\u3044<\/strong>&#8220;<br>\u3057<strong>\u306a\u3044<\/strong>\u308f\u3051\u304c<strong>\u306a\u3044<\/strong> have two \u201d\u306a\u3044\u201d and it becomes strong affirmative sentence.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u884c\u304b\u306a\u3044\u308f\u3051\u304c\u306a\u3044 (Ika nai wake ga nai)<br>There&#8217;s no way I&#8217;m not going!<br>I&#8217;m definitely going!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u308f\u3051\u306a\u3044<\/strong><br>In daily life, people just say \u308f\u3051\u306a\u3044, omitting \u304c.<br>\u305d\u3093\u306a\u3044\u3044\u8a71\u304c\u3042\u308b\u308f\u3051\u306a\u3044\uff01(Sonna ni ii hanashi ga aru wake nai yo!)<br>There&#8217;s no way there&#8217;s such a good offer!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Example Sentences<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:16px\"><strong><strong>\u4eca\u304c\u591c\u306a\u308f\u3051\u304c\u306a\u3044\u3002<\/strong><\/strong><br>(Ima ga yoru na wake ga nai.)<br>There&#8217;s no way it&#8217;s night right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><strong>\u3053\u306e\u30c9\u30e9\u30de\u304c\u3042\u30681\u8a71\u3067\u7d42\u308f\u308b\u308f\u3051\u304c\u306a\u3044\u3002<\/strong><\/strong><br>(Kono dorama ga ato ichi-wa de owaru wake ga nai.)<br>There&#8217;s no way this drama will end in just one more episode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#0B51C2\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u306f\u305a\u304c\u306a\u3044(hazu ga nai)<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key points: Understanding \u300c\u306f\u305a\u304c\u306a\u3044\u300d<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8220;\u306f\u305a\u304c\u306a\u3044&#8221;<\/strong> is a very similar expression that also conveys strong disbelief or that something is <strong>definitely not true<\/strong>, or <strong>impossible<\/strong>. The word <strong>&#8220;\u306f\u305a&#8221;<\/strong> itself means <strong>&#8220;plan&#8221; or &#8220;logic&#8221;<\/strong>, so when you combine it, it literally means <strong>&#8220;there&#8217;s no logic or plan that is actually true.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both <strong>&#8220;\u308f\u3051\u304c\u306a\u3044&#8221;<\/strong> and <strong>&#8220;\u306f\u305a\u304c\u306a\u3044&#8221;<\/strong> are often <strong>interchangeable<\/strong>.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Meanings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>There&#8217;s no way<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It shouldn&#8217;t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sentence Construction<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Use <strong>the Plain Form<\/strong> of the verb before &#8220;\u308f\u3051\u304c\u306a\u3044&#8221; (wake ga nai).\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u8a00\u3046\u306f\u305a\u304c\u306a\u3044<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Example Sentences<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u3053\u306e\u30b8\u30e5\u30fc\u30b9\u306f\u53e4\u3044\u304b\u3089\u3001\u98f2\u3081\u308b\u306f\u305a\u304c\u306a\u3044\u3088\u3002<\/strong><br>(Kono j\u016bsu wa furui kara, nomeru hazu ga nai yo.)<br>That juice is old, so there&#8217;s no way you can drink it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br>Vocabulary<br><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>\u58ca\u308c\u308b (Kowareru):<\/strong> to break; to get broken; to be damaged<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u96fb\u6e90 (Dengen):<\/strong> power supply; power (e.g., electric power); electricity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u3053\u307c\u3059 (Kobosu):<\/strong> to spill; to drop; to shed (tears)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u4e00\u8a71 (Ichi-wa):<\/strong> one episode (of a TV show, anime, etc.); one story (of a series)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u53cd\u5bfe (Hantai):<\/strong> opposition; resistance; antagonism; opposite; reverse<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>USJ:<\/strong> Universal Studios Japan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u9593\u306b\u5408\u3046 (Maniau):<\/strong> to be in time for; to be on time; to be sufficient (for a purpose)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-29ebbc72 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full ext-aspect-landscape\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.moonchanlearning.online\/Lessons\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/n5quize-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-87\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moonchanlearning.online\/Lessons\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/n5quize-1.png 500w, https:\/\/www.moonchanlearning.online\/Lessons\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/n5quize-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.moonchanlearning.online\/Lessons\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/n5quize-1-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:24px;font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.625), 20px);line-height:1.5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moonchanlearning.online\/Lessons\/category\/n5\/\" title=\"N5\">N5 Lessons<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full ext-aspect-landscape\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.moonchanlearning.online\/Lessons\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/n4quize.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-86\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moonchanlearning.online\/Lessons\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/n4quize.png 500w, https:\/\/www.moonchanlearning.online\/Lessons\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/n4quize-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.moonchanlearning.online\/Lessons\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/n4quize-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:24px;font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.625), 20px);line-height:1.5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moonchanlearning.online\/Lessons\/category\/n4\/\" title=\"N4\">N4 Lessons<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full ext-aspect-landscape\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.moonchanlearning.online\/Lessons\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/n3quize.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-85\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moonchanlearning.online\/Lessons\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/n3quize.png 500w, https:\/\/www.moonchanlearning.online\/Lessons\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/n3quize-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.moonchanlearning.online\/Lessons\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/n3quize-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:24px;font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.625), 20px);line-height:1.5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moonchanlearning.online\/Lessons\/category\/n3\/\" title=\"N3\">N3 Lessons<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u306b\u3083\u3093\u3053\u3055\u3093\u306f\u30d1\u30bd\u30b3\u30f3\u306b\u304f\u308f\u3057\u3044\u3067\u3059\u3002 Grammar: \u308f\u3051\u304c\u306a\u3044 (wake ga nai) Have you ever heard something so unbelievable and you just think &#8220;No way!&#8221; or &#8220;It&#8217;s impossible!&#8221;?We all do it. In this lesson, we&#8217;ll learn how to express that strong disbelief in Japanese. We&#8217;ll focus on two phrases: \u300c\u308f\u3051\u304c\u306a\u3044\u300d and \u300c\u306f\u305a\u304c\u306a\u3044\u300d. Key point: Understanding \u300c\u308f\u3051\u304c\u306a\u3044\u300d \u300c\u308f\u3051\u304c\u306a\u3044\u300d (wake ga nai) is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[20,19],"class_list":["post-180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-n3","tag-n3","tag-19"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moonchanlearning.online\/Lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moonchanlearning.online\/Lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moonchanlearning.online\/Lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moonchanlearning.online\/Lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moonchanlearning.online\/Lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.moonchanlearning.online\/Lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":205,"href":"https:\/\/www.moonchanlearning.online\/Lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180\/revisions\/205"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moonchanlearning.online\/Lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moonchanlearning.online\/Lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moonchanlearning.online\/Lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moonchanlearning.online\/Lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}