📄️ Comparing Two Things with の方が
Direct comparison of two things in Japanese is made possible through の方が.
📄️ Connecting Nouns with や
や can be used in a similar fashion to と to connect nouns in Japanese. The use of や suggests that the list of nouns you are describing is not an exhaustive one, rather choice examples from a more extended list. For example:
📄️ Connecting Opposing Facts with のに
The conjunction のに is used to connect two statements that operate truthfully despite each other.
📄️ Linking Sentences with たり
There are multiple ways to link sentences in Japanese, and one of the most common ways is to use the te-form. Here, we introduce たり, a more advanced way of linking sentences.
📄️ Using から to Mean Because
A sentence ending in から will very likely indicate that the sentence is explaining the cause of something, working like the English word 'because'.
📄️ Using ので to mean "because"
ので is used almost identically to から to link two sentences. However, in speech, it is more formal than から.
📄️ Linking Together Two (or more) Activities Using the Te-Form
Sequential Linking
📄️ Even if with ても
The conjunction is used to link two sentences and means 'even if'. Placed between Sentence X and Sentence Y it means 'Y, even if X'.