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～とは: Definitions, and shock!

advanced #12
~ 5 Minutes

Introduction

Welcome to another ～という lesson! Mwahahaha!!!

What's that? You'd rather give up on learning Japanese than learn another ～という usage?

Alright, I'll meet you in the middle. We can get rid of いう, but we'll keep と and add は... and one of its usages will be similar to という. How's that sound?

〜とは: Definitions... and surprise!

構成こうせい

  • b

    Nounとは

  • b

    (Quote)とは
    Example:
    → 「めちゃんこ」とは、愛知県あいちけんなどで使つかわれているスラングです。
    "'Mechanko' is slang used in places such as Aichi prefecture.”

日本語にほんご文法ぶんぽう説明せつめい

「〜とは」は三みっつの使つかい方かたに分わけられます：

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Homework (Grammar SRS)

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〜とは I didn't know/I was surprised that
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