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type: Classes
title: 09/17/2025 - Japanese Class
date: '2025-09-17'
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# Random Words 

複雑 -> ふくざつ -> Complicated

探し -> さがし -> Search (As in the search for a job)



# To Want Something -> ~が欲しいです 

If you want to say you want a noun or something, you can say the noun, and then stick ~が欲しいです after it, saying THING is wanted.

- お金が欲しいです -> おかねがほしい

- 中古車が欲しいです



### Replacing items with の 

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You can use の to replace a noun that was mentioned before. This is actually a completely separate grammar point, but it can be used in tandem here.

- 便利なのが欲しいです

- 早いのが欲しいです

- 綺麗なのが欲しい



## Negating (Saying you don't want things)

Change the 欲しい to 欲しくない.

- 彼女は高い車が欲しくないです

- 彼は遅いのが欲しくないです



# Might Be.... -> ~かもしれません 

Kamoshiremasen (かもしれません) means "maybe" or "might" and is used to express possibility or uncertainty in Japanese.

It often conveys a low degree of certainty, and has a lower probability then phrases like でしょう.


#### How to Use


You simply attach かもしれません to the end of a verb, noun, or adjective. It's an easy way to show that something is probable but not certain.

#### Etymology

The phrase ***kamoshiremasen*** **(かもしれません)** is a compound of three parts:

- ***Ka*** **(か):** This is the interrogative particle that turns a statement into a question. You might know it from sentences like "Is it?" or "Did you go?"

- ***Mo*** **(も):** This is an inclusive particle that means "even" or "also."

- ***Shiremasen*** **(しれません):** This is the polite, negative potential form of the verb ***shiru*** **(知る)**, which means "to know." So, *shiremasen* literally means "cannot know."

Putting it all together, the original and very literal meaning of ***kamoshiremasen*** is something like:

**"Even if it is [the case], it cannot be known."**

#### Common Attachments: 

- **Verbs:** Attach to the plain form (dictionary form, ない-form, た-form).

    - 行く (iku - to go) → 行くかもしれません (iku kamoshiremasen) "Maybe I'll go."

    - 食べた (tabeta - ate) → 食べたかもしれません (tabeta kamoshiremasen) "Maybe I ate it."

- **Nouns:** Attach directly to the noun.

    - 雨 (ame - rain) → 雨かもしれません (ame kamoshiremasen) "It might be rain."

- **い-Adjectives:** Attach directly to the adjective.

    - 寒い (samui - cold) → 寒いかもしれません (samui kamoshiremasen) "It might be cold."

- **な-Adjectives:** Attach the "plain" form of the adjective (without な).

    - 静か (shizuka - quiet) → 静かかもしれません (shizuka kamoshiremasen) "It might be quiet."

It’s often used in daily conversation to make a guess or a cautious statement.

#### **Example Sentences:**

- 田中さんは来ないかもしれません。 (Tanaka-san wa konai kamoshiremasen.)

    - "Mr. Tanaka might not come."

- この本は面白いかもしれませんね。 (Kono hon wa omoshiroi kamoshiremasen ne.)

    - "This book might be interesting, don't you think?"

- 熱があります。風邪かもしれませんし、インフルエンザかもしれませんし。

- 曇りですから、雪が降るかもしれません

    - Because it's cloudy, show might balling

- テストがわかりませんでしたから、テストに落ちたかもしれません

    - Because I didn't understand the test, maybe I fell (failed) in the test

- 彼は最近早く帰りますから、彼女がいるかもしれません

    - Because he's been returning early, maybe there's a woman

- 一週間熱がありますから、悪い病気かもしれません

- 電車が遅いですから、故障かもしれません

    - Because the train is late, maybe because of a break down.

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