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HSK 4 | noun | the background or context of a situation

Core Sindarin verbs with present, past, and future forms — organized by category for practical composition.

Learn 〜として (as, in the capacity of) — the N3 pattern for expressing roles, identities, functions, and premises.

HSK 3 | noun | nurse — medical professional who cares for patients

N1 grammar pattern 〜に至って(は): expressing 'now that it has come to ~, upon reaching this extreme point, at this point finally.'

Master four essential N3 formal conjunctions: 〜において/〜における (in/at), 〜に対して/〜に対する (toward/against), 〜にとって (for/from the perspective of), and 〜として (as/in the capacity of).

HSK 1 | measure word | classifier for chunks, pieces, and Chinese yuan

HSK 4 | verb | to participate, to join, to attend

Learn Chinese family vocabulary, how to express possession with 的, and how to talk about what you have using 有.

HSK 5 | verb | to prompt; to cause; to drive someone to do something

HSK 3 | adjective | at a small height or below a standard level

HSK 1 | pronoun/determiner | interrogative asking for selection among options

HSK 3 | noun | a goal, target, or objective to aim for

HSK 3 | noun / adjective | major field of study; specialized skill or knowledge

HSK 5 | noun | an economic, practical, or personal need or demand for something

HSK 4 | phrase | it is necessary; there is a need

HSK 2 | adjective/noun | incorrect; a mistake or error

前 (zen/mae): before. JLPT N5 kanji.

HSK 3 | verb / noun | to plan, intend to do something; a plan or intention

Learn 〜さえ〜ば (if only ~, as long as ~) — the N3 conditional expressing a single minimal sufficient condition.

HSK 3 | adjective | strange, odd, weird — outside the normal or expected

N1 grammar pattern 〜ものを expressing regret about an unrealised alternative or reproach toward someone who failed to do something they should have. Literary and formal register.

HSK 4 | verb | experiencing sudden surprise or shock

HSK 4 | noun | what is needed or wanted, especially in an economic or practical sense

Learn how to use 〜に先立って (ni sakidatte) to express 'prior to' or 'before' when an action precedes an important event. Includes structure, nuance, examples, and comparisons.

Master reference for all Sindarin verb conjugation: all 12 verb classes, all tenses/moods, all 9 persons — with full tables for model verbs and notes on scholarly disagreements.

HSK 2 | noun | a business company or corporation

Complete JLPT N1 vocabulary reference: ~4,000 new words beyond N2 covering academic, literary, political, legal, medical, and financial Japanese with readings, meanings, and usage contexts.

HSK 4 | verb / noun | to report; to brief; a report

駅 (station): 14 strokes, JLPT N5. On: エキ. Kun: none.

HSK 5 | noun | an unfair preconceived opinion not based on reason or experience

HSK 5 | verb | to value highly and make good use of; to cherish

Sindarin relative pronoun i, relative clause structures, expressing uncertainty and probability, and the particle ma for questions and possibility.

HSK 5 | noun | systematic study or framework of methods used in a discipline

HSK 4 | conjunction | a formal connector meaning however or nevertheless

HSK 5 | verb | deliberate or observed reduction in scope, size, or gap

Complete N4 exam prep: format guide, 25 vocabulary questions, 25 grammar questions, reading passages with questions, listening scenarios, 60-day study plan, and N5→N4 pitfall guide.

HSK 5 | noun/verb | a hesitating worry or reservation that holds one back from acting

Complete N3 exam preparation guide: test format, question type breakdowns, 90-day study plan from N4, most-confusable grammar pairs, kanji reading drills, and test-day strategies.

HSK 1 | noun | a calendar year; also used in age and duration expressions

HSK 3 | verb | to mistakenly believe something to be true

HSK 3 | grammar pattern | softens a comparative or evaluative statement with 'a bit'

HSK 1 | greeting phrase | standard informal greeting for one person

HSK 5 | n | the art of effective language use; a rhetorical figure or device

We are given a list of people, each with a first name and a last name. For each person, we have the freedom to choose either their first or last name as a handle.

We have apples numbered from 1 to n. We want to create as many disjoint pairs as possible such that the two numbers in each pair have greatest common divisor greater than 1. Each apple can appear in at most one pair.

HSK 2 | verb | to communicate information to someone

HSK 5 | verb / noun | to embody; to give expression to

HSK 3 | verb / noun | to rent, to hire; rent, rental fee

HSK 5 | noun | the average height of the ocean surface used as a reference point

Complete JLPT N5 grammar reference: all ~100 grammar patterns with structure formulas, usage explanations, example sentences (Japanese + romaji + English), and notes on common mistakes.

HSK 5 | noun | bond; debenture; fixed-income debt security

HSK 3 | noun/adj | the system of production and consumption; economical

HSK 1 | noun/verb | employment, labor; to be employed or carry out a task

HSK 1 | greeting phrase | reassures someone after an apology

HSK 4 | preposition / noun | using something as a foundation or source

Sindarin vowel elision: when final and initial vowels contract, apostrophe usage, elision in poetry and prose, and the famous Elvish examples from Tolkien's texts.

HSK 4 | verb | to give special weight or importance to a point

HSK 6 | verb | to sort through and organize systematically; to untangle

HSK 5 | noun | cost; production cost; the amount spent to produce or achieve something

HSK 5 | adjective | rigorous; meticulous; careful and thorough

HSK 5 | verb / noun | to cooperate, to collaborate; cooperation, collaboration

HSK 4 | preposition | indicating the object of an action or attitude

来 (rai/ku-ru): come. JLPT N5 kanji.

We are given a set of points on an infinite 2D grid, representing planets in a "meta-universe." The goal is to repeatedly split the set of planets along empty rows or columns that completely separate the set into two non-empty subsets, each lying on one side of the row or column.

HSK 1 | adjective | new, fresh, modern

前 (before, front): 9 strokes, JLPT N5. On: ゼン. Kun: まえ.

HSK 3 | verb | to describe, to depict, to portray in writing or speech

HSK 2 | noun | any watercraft, from a small rowboat to a large ship

HSK 4 | grammar pattern | presenting two contrasting or complementary aspects

Learn to describe the weather and seasons, using impersonal verbs and the conjunction ĉar.

HSK 1 | verb | to listen to or hear something

HSK 3 | noun | temperature — measurable degree of heat or cold

HSK 1 | noun | a number or code; the colloquial word for a day of the month

HSK 4 | noun | a model, template, or small-scale replica

Handle phone calls, send messages, and communicate digitally in Chinese with confidence.

HSK 2 | preposition | in order to, for the purpose of

HSK 5 | noun | background, backdrop, context, personal connections

HSK 4 | noun | doctor, physician

HSK 5 | noun/verb | to export goods; an exit or way out

HSK 3 | noun | the reasoning or principle behind something

JLPT N4 kanji 雪 — readings, vocabulary, stroke order, mnemonic, and common confusion pairs.

JLPT N4 kanji 社 — readings, vocabulary, stroke order, mnemonic, and common confusion pairs.

HSK 5 | noun | innate ability or formal qualification for a role

HSK 4 | adverb | expressing a combined total

HSK 3 | verb | to feel deep gratitude toward someone

HSK 6 | adj/noun | organized and comprehensive; a structured system

HSK 5 | noun | distinctive feature or characteristic that identifies something

HSK 4 | verb | to refuse, to reject, to decline

HSK 5 | noun | a formally concluded and ratified agreement between states

HSK 4 | verb | to present or show something to others

HSK 4 | verb | to clearly express or demonstrate something

HSK 4 | n/v | a successful outcome in a contest or struggle

HSK 3 | noun | colleague, coworker — someone who works at the same place

HSK 3 | noun | email, electronic mail message

N1 grammar: classical auxiliary べし expressing obligation/certainty, and its negative form べからず (must not). Appears in laws, school rules, mottos, and literary contexts.

HSK 3 | verb | to come into view or to happen for the first time

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HSK 1 | verb phrase | to make a phone call

HSK 3 | adjective | putting in consistent hard work and effort