Contents
1. Lesson 25-Top
2. Kanji in Lesson 25
3. たんご (Vocabulary)
4. 会話 (Dialogues)
5. ぶんぽう (Grammar)
6. れんしゅう (Practice)

I was made to work overtime.

In a business situation, you may not always appreciate the work you are assigned to. In a family situation, children may feel they are made to do something by parents. In such a situation, Japanese can express their dissatisfaction through causative-passive forms. Let's find out how this can be said in Japanese and how they may deal with it.

ぶんぽう (Grammar)

  1. Causative-passive sentences
  2. Pred-1 ても + Pred-2
  3. Pred ことにする; Pred ことにしている
  4. V-stem + 方

Useful Social Expressions

  1. せっかく: After all the effort...
  2. ぎゃくに: conversely; looked at the other way around
  3. さすが: Just What I’d Expect!
  4. お世話になりました: Thank You for Everything

New Kanji

顔、情、怒、変、相、横、比、化、違、悲、調、査、果、感、答

Lesson 25-Top