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  • 00:26 - All kinds of Japanese words or sentences can be used like an adjective.
  • 00:50 - ใ„ adjectives can be placed preceding something in the sentence to modify it (e.g ใ‚ใ‹ใ„ใบใ‚“ใŒๅฐใ•ใ„ = the red pen is small).
  • 01:50 - Any verb in Japanese can be used like an adjective (e.g ๆญŒใฃใŸๅฐ‘ๅฅณใŒใญใฆใ„ใ‚‹ = The girl who sang is sleeping, ใ˜ใ—ใ‚‡ใ‚’ใŸในใŸใ„ใฌใŒใ‚„ใ‚“ใกใ‚ƒใ  = The dog who ate the dictionary is naughty. In this latter case an entire verb ending sentence (ใ˜ใ—ใ‚‡ใ‚’ใŸในใŸ = x ate the dictionary) is being applied to ใ„ใฌ (dog), describing it).
  • 03:33 - When using a noun in an adjectival way you must append ใช (e.g ใ‚„ใ‚“ใกใ‚ƒใชใ„ใฌใŒใญใฆใ„ใ‚‹ = The bad dog is sleeping).
  • 04:00 - You cannot use every noun in an adjectival way using this particular method.
  • 04:24 - Other nouns can be used in an adjectival way using the ใฎ particle. ใฎ works almost the exact same as โ€˜s in English. It indicates the proceeding noun to belong to the preceding one (e.g ใ•ใใ‚‰ใฎใƒ‰ใƒฌใ‚น = Sakuraโ€™s dress, ใ‚ใŸใ—ใฎใฏใช = Meโ€™s (my) nose).
  • 05:24 - The ใฎ particle can more widely be used to denote the class or group that anything belongs to (e.g ใดใ‚“ใใ„ใ‚ใฎใฉใ‚Œใ™ = Pink dress/dress belonging to the class of pink things, ใ†ใ•ใŽใฎใ‚ชใ‚นใ‚ซใƒซ = Oscar the rabbit/Oscar who belongs to the class of rabbits, ใ‚ผใƒซใƒ€ใฎใงใ‚“ใ›ใค = Zeldaโ€™s legend/legend of Zelda).