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BRANCH · THEME IN BEYOND POLITE JAPANESE

終助詞しゅうじょし・ね・よ

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Example sentences (30)

Checking & agreeing

-ne · 〜ね — casual: right? isn't it (shares feeling)
It's hot today, isn't it.
-yone · 〜よね — casual: right? (checks you agree)
Tomorrow's a day off, right?
-desho · 〜でしょ — casual: right? surely (expects yes)
This is tasty, right?
-daro · 〜だろ — casual でしょう (men): right? you know
You get it, right?
-yona · 〜よな — casual (men): right? isn't it
Man, yesterday was tiring, wasn't it.
-kana · 〜かな — casual: I wonder; maybe
I wonder if it'll clear up tomorrow.
-kke · 〜っけ — casual: was it…? (trying to recall)
What time was the meeting again?
-janai · 〜じゃない? — casual: isn't it? I think… (rising)
Isn't that a lie?

Telling & insisting

-yo · 〜よ — casual: I'm telling you (new info)
You forgot your umbrella, you know.
-zo · 〜ぞ — casual (men): I tell you! (strong)
Hurry up or you'll be late, I tell you!
-ze · 〜ぜ — casual (men): let's! come on (swaggering)
Come on, let's go!
-sa · 〜さ — casual: you see; filler between phrases
So, yesterday, you know, I ran into a friend at the station.
-na · 〜な — casual (men): musing, or don't! after a verb
Cold today, huh.
-tteba · 〜ってば — casual: I said! (impatient)
No, I said that's wrong!
-mon · 〜もん — casual: because! (sulky, childish)
But I'm sleepy, that's why!
-ttsūno · 〜っつーの — rough: I'm telling you! (irritated)
I said I don't know!

Soft & feminine tone

-wa · 〜わ — casual (women, Tokyo): soft emphasis; (men, Kansai) flat statement
I'll go.
-wane · 〜わね — casual (women; old-fashioned, mostly fiction): soft "isn't it"
It's cold today, isn't it.
-noyo · 〜のよ — casual (women; old-fashioned, mostly fiction): you see, it's that…
It was really hard, you know.
-kashira · 〜かしら — casual (women; old-fashioned, mostly fiction): I wonder
I wonder if he'll come.
-no · 〜の — casual: explains; rising, asks a question
What are you eating?
-nā · 〜なあ — casual: musing, wishing (いいなあ)
A trip, how nice...
-kanā · 〜かなあ — casual: I really wonder
I really wonder if I'll pass...

Casual questions

-ka · 〜か — casual (blunt, men): question; or realising (そうか)
Really?
-kai · 〜かい — casual (older men): gentle question
How have you been?
-dai · 〜だい — casual (men): wh-question (なんだい)
What is it?
-kayo · 〜かよ — rough: seriously? are you kidding
Seriously? You're kidding me.
-nano · 〜なの — casual: is it…? (rising)
Is that true?
-tteno · 〜っての — rough: I'm telling you! (irritated)
I said, shut up!
-janēka · 〜じゃねえか — rough じゃないか: isn't it! come on
Well, that's great, isn't it!