Grammar
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〜がります (~garimasu)
3rd person wants to
〜代わりに
Instead of... / In exchange for...
〜ましょう (mashou)
Let's do... / Shall we...?
〜てください (te kudasai)
Please do...
〜なりに / 〜なりの
In one's own way; suitable for; within the limits of.
〜つもりだ (tsumori da)
Intend to do / Plan to do
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〜結果 (kekka)
As a result of doing something; indicates that a certain outcome was brought about by a prior action or situation.
〜末に (sue ni)
After a long period of struggle, effort, or deliberation, a final outcome or decision is reached (can be positive or negative).
〜あげく (ageku)
After a long process of doing something, a disappointing or negative result was reached in the end.
〜だけのことはある
It is not for nothing that...; no wonder...; it lives up to (the reputation, effort, or status).
〜だけあって
As expected of; precisely because... (used to praise or recognize a state or result that is worthy of a specific status, ability, or effort).
〜限り (かぎり)
As long as; while (a certain condition continues, the state remains the same).
〜すら
Even (emphasizes an extreme case to imply that other common cases are obviously the same; more formal than さえ)
〜さえ〜ば
If only...; as long as... (expresses the sole necessary condition for a result)
〜てこそ
Only after doing [something] (does one understand or achieve something); now that...
ものの (mono no)
Although, even though (Acknowledges the truth of the first clause as a fact, but introduces a contrasting, disappointing, or unexpected result in the second clause).
反面 (hanmen)
On the other hand, conversely (Used to express two opposite, contrasting characteristics of the exact same subject, situation, or action).
一方で (ippou de)
On one hand..., on the other hand... (Used to contrast two different aspects of a situation, or two different simultaneous activities/states).