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Japanese Prepositions

This is a list of prepositions in Japanese. This includes words related to positions (i.e. under, on top of ...), conjunctions (and, but ...) and many more.

On top of: 上に
ue ni
 Under: 下に
sita ni
 Inside: の内側で
no uchigawa de
 Outside: の外側で
no sotogawa de
Behind: 後ろに
ushiro ni
 In front of: 前に
mae ni
 Near: の近くに
no chikaku ni
 Between: の間に
no aida ni

These are more popular prepositions you might find useful at some point or another.

After: 後ろに
ushiro ni
 Before: 前に
mae ni
 With: と
to
 Without: なしで
nashi de
Since: から
kara
 Until: まで
made
 Of: の
no
 From: から
kara
To: に
ni
 Instead of: 代わりに
kawari ni
 In: の中で
no naka de
 Against: に対して
nitaisite
As: として
tosite
 About: 約
yaku
 For: のために
no tame ni

The following are conjunctions used to connect words, sentences, or phrases.

And: と
to
 Or: または
matawa
 But: しかし
shikashi
 So: そう
soo

Now is the time for some prepositions used in a sentence. We are using the following: (from, under, inside, with, in, but) as examples.

I'm from Japan: 私は日本出身です。
Watasi wa nihon shusshin desu.
 The pen is under the desk: ペンは机の下にあります。
Pen wa tsukue no sita ni arimasu.
The letter is inside the book: 手紙は本の内側にあります。
Temami wa hon no uchigawani arimasu.
 Can I practice Italian with you?: 私はあなたとイタリア語を練習できますか？
Watasi wa anata to Itaria go wo renshuu dekimasu ka?
I was born in Miami: 私はマイアミで生まれました。
Watasi wa Maiami de umare masita.
 I speak French but with an accent: 私はフランス語を話しますがなまりがあります。
Watasi wa Furansu go wo hanasi masu ga namari ga arimasu.

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