In this lesson, we will go over various types of grammar that deal with tendencies. Like much of the Advanced Section, all the grammar in this lesson are used mostly in written works and are generally not used in conversational Japanese.<\/p>\n
This is arguably the most useful grammar in this lesson in terms of practically. By that, I mean that it’s the only grammar here that you might actually hear in a regular conversation though again, it is far more common in a written context.<\/p>\n
\nWith this grammar, you can say that something is likely to occur by simply attaching \u300c\u304c\u3061\u300d to the stem of the verb. While, \u300c\u304c\u3061\u300d is a suffix, it works in much same way as a noun or na-adjective. In other words, the result becomes a description of something as being likely. This means that we can do things like modifying nouns by attaching \u300c\u306a\u300d and other things we’re used to doing with na-adjectives. You can also say that something is prone to be<\/i> something by attaching \u300c\u304c\u3061\u300d to the noun.\n<\/p>\n
\nAs the word “prone” suggest, \u300c\u304c\u3061\u300d is usually used for tendencies that are bad or undesirable.\n<\/p>\n