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Grammar detail: Adverbs

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Adverbs
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In Japanese, an adverb is placed before a verb.
Making adverbs from い adjectives in Japanese is easy - the い becomes a く:
  • はや
    早
    い early ➜
    はや
    早
    くquickly, fast
For な adjectives, just add a に instead of a な:
  • しずか quiet ➜ しずかに quietly
Some adverbs are not created from adjectives, and are followed immediately by the verb:
  • たくさん a lot
  • けっこう
    結構
     fairly
  • ぜんぜん
    全然
     not at all
Some adjectives, especially onomatopoeic adverbs, can optionally be followed by と. The と is not essential, but adds a slightly more formal / literary sound:
  • いろいろ (と) variously
  • はっきり (と) clearly
  • ゆっくり (と) slowly
  • しっかり (と) tightly
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Kanji used in this grammar

早
ソウ   サッ   early; fast   はやい early   はやまる be hasty   はやめる to expedite, to hasten   
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結
ケツ   むすぶ    ゆわえる to bind   ゆう to braid   
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構
コウ   かまえる to build, set up, get ready   かまう to mind, to care about   
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全
ゼン   まったく entirely   すべて everything   
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然
ゼン   ネン    resemble   
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