Setsumei — Japanese, explained

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Japanese, explained

Turn a sentence into a lesson.

Paste Japanese from something you are reading, watching, or studying. Setsumei explains the grammar in context, then lets you save what matters with the sentence where you found it.

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9:41 Setsumei

SENTENCE MAP JLPT N3

日本に来てから、電車のアナウンスが少しずつ分かるようになった。

1 てから 2 ようになった

ENGLISH TRANSLATION

Since coming to Japan, I’ve gradually become able to understand train announcements.

Marks the point after which the following situation or change takes place.

How it feels
A clear sequence: first coming to Japan, then gradually understanding more.

Saved to My Grammar

More than a translation

See what the sentence is doing.

Translation tells you what a sentence means. Setsumei helps you understand why it means it — one grammar point at a time.

The complete flow

From sentence to My Grammar.

Understand what you found, keep the useful parts, and return to them with the original context still attached.

01 · Understand

See grammar in context

Highlights connect each pattern to a focused explanation of its meaning, formation, nuance, and use.

A Setsumei sentence analysis with highlighted grammar, translation, and explanations.

02 · Keep

Build My Grammar

Your saved points, sentence contexts, progress, and searchable notes stay together in one personal library.

My Grammar showing saved and mastered grammar points with personal note previews.

03 · Revisit

Make each point your own

Add a reminder in your own words, reopen the sentence where you found the point, and mark it mastered when you are ready.

A saved grammar detail with progress controls, a personal note, and its lesson.

01

Grammar in context

Grammar patterns are highlighted directly in your sentence, so every explanation stays connected to what you wanted to understand.

日本に来てから、電車のアナウンスが少しずつ分かるようになった。

02

Clear, useful lessons

Learn the meaning, formation, nuance, and an additional example for each grammar point Setsumei finds.

MeaningFormationNuanceExample

03

Read every word

Explore word readings, dictionary forms, and parts of speech without losing sight of the original sentence.

毎日まいにち 練習れんしゅう 日本語にほんご

04

Keep what matters

Save useful grammar to My Grammar with the sentence where you found it. Add a personal note, search your library, and mark a point as mastered when you are ready.

Saved 〜ために Purpose is intentional; the same person usually controls both actions.

05

Explore on your terms

Search the complete grammar catalog or browse by communicative purpose. Revisit sentence history whenever you want more context—without a prescribed learning order.

ContrastConditionsReasonsTime

One sentence at a time

Understand it. Keep what matters.

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